600,000 is not a happy number
Data lost for 650,000 customers
A computer tape containing personal data of 650,000 customers of about 230 retailers including J.C. Penney is missing, credit card issuer GE Money said on Friday. Richard Jones, a spokesman for the General Electric unit, said a backup computer tape being stored at a facility operated by Iron Mountain, an information protection and storage company, had been lost. Jones added that Social Security numbers of about 150,000 people were also included on the tape.
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MoD loses data of 600,000 would-be recruits
The personal details of 600,000 people interested in joining Britain's armed forces have been lost after a laptop belonging to a Royal Navy officer was stolen, the Ministry of Defence disclosed tonight. It is the latest extraordinary data loss incident involving a Government department and potentially the most serious as recruits to the armed forces are targets for terrorists. The laptop containing the data was stolen from a vehicle parked overnight in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham on Jan 9 but was only made public late tonight.
Read the article HERE.
A computer tape containing personal data of 650,000 customers of about 230 retailers including J.C. Penney is missing, credit card issuer GE Money said on Friday. Richard Jones, a spokesman for the General Electric unit, said a backup computer tape being stored at a facility operated by Iron Mountain, an information protection and storage company, had been lost. Jones added that Social Security numbers of about 150,000 people were also included on the tape.
Read the article HERE.
MoD loses data of 600,000 would-be recruits
The personal details of 600,000 people interested in joining Britain's armed forces have been lost after a laptop belonging to a Royal Navy officer was stolen, the Ministry of Defence disclosed tonight. It is the latest extraordinary data loss incident involving a Government department and potentially the most serious as recruits to the armed forces are targets for terrorists. The laptop containing the data was stolen from a vehicle parked overnight in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham on Jan 9 but was only made public late tonight.
Read the article HERE.
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