Pension details of 109,000 stolen (BBC)
A laptop computer with details of 109,000 members of six pension schemes has been stolen from offices in Marlow in Buckinghamshire.
The theft took place on 23 March, from the offices of a computer software firm called NorthgateArinso.
It provides software to the Pensions Trust, which runs pension schemes for charities and voluntary organisations.
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However the data, which was not encrypted, included names, addresses, dates of birth, employer, national insurance numbers, salary details and, in the case of those receiving their pensions, their bank details too.
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How is it not standard procedure to encrypt these things by now in the UK?
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in this era, encryption should be standard.... can't believe there are agencies and businesses out there still vulnerable like that. at least make it challenging for the hackers....
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