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Government Data loss - steps to protect yourself

Thanks to the jaw-dropping incompetence of Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) who lost 2 data disks containing financially sensitive information on 25 million people, almost every family in the country will need to be extra vigilant for years to come.

What went wrong?
Some idiot copied the entire database to two disks and sent it in the post where it got ‘lost’. (How some junior office worker could have the security clearance to download an entire database without it setting off an alarms is simply unbelievable.)

How you can protect yourself

• Check your bank statements carefully for any suspicious activity
• If you notice any suspicious activity notify your bank immediately
• If you notice any unauthorised bank account or credit agreements, for example, credit cards, mobile phones, or other financial agreements, notify the company involved immediately and contact the police.
• If you are naive enough to have any passwords related to your children’s names (always a bad idea), change them immediately to a more secure password.

NOTE - Thanks to the level of incompetence, you will need to be vigilant for years.

Add comment November 21st, 2007

Jail for man who urinated on dying disabled woman

A man who urinated on a dying, disabled woman while his friends filmed the disgusting act on their phones has been jailed for three years.

Waste of space, Anthony Anderson, together with two moronic friends, Scott Clement and Simon Whitehead, came across the woman who had collapsed in the street near his home.

Anthony Anderson

Instead of doing the decent thing by phoning an ambulance and rendering assistance, Anthony Anderson threw water over the woman then went back to his house to fetch shaving foam before covering her with it. He then proceeded to urinate all over the dying woman apparently for the entertainment of his friends who were filming him on their mobile phones.

One of the group was was heard to shout; “This is YouTube material” as the abject depravity was filmed, the court heard.

Christine Lakinski, 50, was born with curvature of the spine, had learning difficulties and suffered bullying throughout her life. An inquest heard she had died from natural causes.

Judge Peter Fox, sentencing, said that by urinating on the victim Anderson had “plumbed the depths of degradation”.

and then some…

Add comment October 26th, 2007