max.wanadoo at gmail.com
max.wanadoo at gmail.com
Wed Nov 21 17:10:06 CST 2007
Indeed! It is easy and there are so many tools available - free if our Government is strapped for cash! But this represents HALF of our population. It now comes out that "It was too costly to separate the required/requested information" (Names and Insurance Nos.) so Her Majesty's Inspector of Taxes just dumped the lot onto 2xCDs and popped them in the postal system. Bank Details, Personal data, the lot! Not even encrypted! A simple query in Access would have done the job, followed by an encryption routine. Goodness me. I am just so astounded by the incompetence of it all. We all wait now to see how many Identify Fraud cases pop up because of this. How many foreign illegal immigrants gain access by impersonation, etc. Solution: Make it compulsory for all IT staff in Government to sign up to databaseadvisors! Max -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 10:54 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Encrypting your stuff was offsite backup Max, The problem is rampant. In the US it is another case every week. Laptops stolen, backups lost on the way to the archive, unencrypted data on servers. This stuff isn't rocket science, I mean if I can do it anyone can. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of max.wanadoo at gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 4:14 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Encrypting your stuff was offsite backup Hi John (Colby) No doubt you have heard of the disgraceful loss of data by our Government who *lost* 25 million (yes, MILLION) personal details on two CDs. Not only that, but they were UNENCRYPTED. Obviously never heard of TrueCrypt. Perhaps you should offer your services as IT Consultant to the British Government. God knows, they need some help! Max P.s To check the stories goto www.bbc.co.uk/news or www.itv.com/news or any UK news site. -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com