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Chancellor faces up to UK’s worst-ever data breach

greencomputer — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:52:07 +0000

Chancellor Alistair Darling told MPs that last month a junior employee used the department
’s internal mail system to send two password-protected discs that contained a full, unecrypted copy of HMRC’s data relating the payment of child benefit . But the discs never arrived. What he didn’t say was why a basic breach in security procedures occured

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UK banks could be forced to close accounts after HMRC data loss scandal

greencomputer — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:31:09 +0000

UK banks could be forced to close the accounts of all child benefit claimants affected by an HMRC “operational failure” believed to involve the loss of 25 million records stored on discs, a Gartner analyst has warned.

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Revenue and customs chief quits amidst data loss fears

greencomputer — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 13:18:11 +0000

Paul Gray, the chairman of Revenue and Customs, has resigned over what Treasury officials are describing as an “operational matter”.

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SANS Institute team lists security skills for Java programmers

greencomputer — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:12:03 +0000

A group of senior security experts, pulled together by the SANS Institute, has laid out the essential skills needed for secure Web application development.

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Sun to set up datacentre in coal mine

greencomputer — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:00:26 +0000

Here’s a way to use all that space underneath Wales and Yorkshire; datacentres for all … and lots of power savings too

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There is no security flaw in Windows 2000, says Microsoft

greencomputer — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:06:47 +0000

Microsoft has rejected claims by a team of Israeli researchers that a loophole exists in the Windows 2000 random number generator, allowing hackers to retrieve users’ personal information.

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Where is Microsoft’s Green story?

greencomputer — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 13:15:53 +0000

A great blog entry about Microsoft TechEd IT Forum 2007 in Barcelona plenty of ways to go green -if you know how – but the issue was never actually directly addressed at the conference

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Capgemini to cull 20% of HMRC’s Aspire IT staff

greencomputer — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:36:51 +0000

Capgemini is set to axe the jobs of up to 600 staff working on its Aspire IT contract with HM Revenue and Customs – 20% of the total.

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Capgemini to cull 20% of HMRC’s Aspire IT staff

greencomputer — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:30:28 +0000

Capgemini is set to axe the jobs of up to 600 staff working on its Aspire IT contract with HM Revenue and Customs – 20% of the total.

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Capgemini to cull 20% of HMRC’s Aspire IT staff

greencomputer — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:29:10 +0000

Capgemini is set to axe the jobs of up to 600 staff working on its Aspire IT contract with HM Revenue and Customs – 20% of the total.

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