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Hacked Cloud computing host causes US Treasury websites suspension

May 7th 2010

Four USA Treasury Web sites have been taken-offline after their cloud computing host was hacked. The attack caused users to be redirected to a malicious site in the Ukraine.

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HMRC courier leaves 15,000 accounts at risk

April 18th 2010

Around 15,000 Standard Life customers have been warned that they could face ID theft after a courier’s blunder exposed their banking and pension details.

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Lost memory stick encrypted, but Government website shut down

April 18th 2010

Another week, another government data breach – this time, a memory stick with passwords for Government Gateway, one of the biggest public sector websites, was found in the car park of a pub, the government admitted.

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