Gangs are stealing taxpayers’ passwords and submitting claims for tax refunds to be paid to them, HM Revenue and Customs has warned. A series of attempted fraudulent claims through the self-assessment repayments system has been discovered. No figures have been released outlining the extent of the fraud, but a HMRC spokesman said this was a…
Category: Breaches
Hide must investigate release of private info
Auckland City water company Metrowater is alleged to have released private information on its staff without their authorisation to the new super city water company, said Labour’s Auckland Issues spokesperson Phil Twyford. “The information was passed on to Watercare, the company organising the new water monopoly being created from a merger of eight council water…
UK national ID card cloned in 12 minutes
The prospective national ID card was broken and cloned in 12 minutes, the Daily Mail revealed this morning. The newspaper hired computer expert Adam Laurie to test the security that protects the information embedded in the chip on the card. Using a Nokia mobile phone and a laptop computer, Laurie was able to copy the data…
Paedophile database ‘will catch people unnecessarily’
The Government’s new database of paedophiles must be reviewed because some people will be caught up in it unnecessarily, according to Sir Michael Bichard. […] His comments come as it was disclosed that the controversial database has suffered a security breach even before its official launch. A message containing confidential data was sent to the…