BBC NEWS | UK | Questions asked after data loss

[Chris Edwards]

On Sat, 23 Aug 2008, Ian Miller wrote:

| All of the recent reported data losses have been accidents.  Where as
| accidents are a worry, they are nothing like as much of a worry as the
| deliberate stealing of data.

Mostly accidents, but as I understand it, the TJX / TK Maxx incident
(40+ million card details) involved hackers deliberately targetting 
insecure wireless encryption.


| Indeed I don't think the government is capable of appreciating the
| magnitude of the problem.

Yep.