Mind-Blowing Incompetence ; Another Disaster for Darling As He's Forced to Admit Lost Computer Discs Fiasco has Put 25million at Risk of Fraudopen to Fraud: Every Family
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EVERYONE who receives child benefit is under threat of fraud after a catastrophic blunder by civil servants.
Two computer discs packed with the personal and banking details of 25million people - nearly half the UK's 60million population - have disappeared in the post.See the full content of this document
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Mind-Blowing Incompetence ; Another Disaster for Darling As He's Forced to Admit Lost Computer Discs Fiasco has Put 25million at Risk of Fraudopen to Fraud: Every Family
Last night, Chancellor Alistair Darling was trying to head off a consumer panic after he admitted that nearly every family in the country is at risk. Police were ransacking offices in London and the North East for the missing CDs, but insisted there was no evidence they have fallen into criminal hands.
The discs, which include names of parents and children, their dates of birth, addresses and National Insurance and bank account numbers of all those who claim Child Benefit, had only minimal computer protection and could be...See the full content of this document