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The incident was a breach of the UK's Data Protection Act and resulted in the resignation of HMRC chairman Paul Gray; Darling commented that the discs were probably destroyed when "the hunt was on, probably within days" and that there was an "opaque" management structure at HMRC and it was difficult to see who was responsible for what. [14]
The following is a list of UK government data losses. It lists reported instances of the loss of personal data by UK central and local government, agencies, non-departmental public bodies, etc., whether directly or indirectly because of the actions of private-sector contractors. Such losses tend to receive widespread media coverage in the UK.
This is a list of reports about data breaches, using data compiled from various sources, including press reports, government news releases, and mainstream news articles. The list includes those involving the theft or compromise of 30,000 or more records, although many smaller breaches occur continually.
The names and bank details of thousands of serving British soldiers, sailors and air force members have been exposed in a data breach by a “malign actor” who may have had state help, defense ...
The commission said that it was not able to know for certain what data was accessed or who was responsible, but the attack showed considerable sophistication. [1] [2] [3] The breach did not have any impact on the electoral process, with only copies of electoral registers visible in the breach, which had not been changed as a result of the ...
In summer 2018, a data breach affected almost 400,000 customers of British Airways, of which almost 250,000 had their names, addresses, credit card numbers and CVV codes stolen. The attack gained access to British Airways systems via the account of a compromised third party and escalated their account privileges after finding an unsecured ...
The change affects a feature called Advanced Data Protection (ADP), which extends end-to-end encryption across a wide range of cloud data. ... to our customers in the UK given the continuing rise ...
The threat of data breach or revealing information obtained in a data breach can be used for extortion. [16] Consumers may suffer various forms of tangible or intangible harm from the theft of their personal data, or not notice any harm. [91] A significant portion of those affected by a data breach become victims of identity theft. [82]