Last night the government
was embroiled in yet another data loss scandal as it emerged that
data belonging to thousands on people has once again 'gone missing'.
It is believed that the
names, addresses and telephone numbers of almost all of the people
in the Greater Glasgow area are now in the public domain when a
telephone book went missing from a telephone box in the West end of
the city.
It is thought that the
'book' disappeared around 3am late Saturday morning and could have
been 'stolen to order' by a gang of underground drug runners.
It is not known at this point if the data was encrypted
however security expert Bob Fingersmith of the internet security
company www.knockedoff.com told us: "I think that it is unlikely that
the data in this book would have been encrypted, however, some
personal details may be safely hidden under the usual piss and sick
stains. As far as we can tell, the only security
measures currently being used to secure data held this way is a
chain attached to the wall."
It's yet another shocking
embarrassment for the Government who have had a spate of data loss
embarrassments over the last few months. Data
consumer expert and freedom of data campaigner Jane Busybody last
night expressed her concerns about the news: "This is just totally
unacceptable. Imagine what this data could do if
it where to fall into the wrong hands. The
government need to act today to prevent paedophiles and drug dealers
from being able to sell on this information to terrorists and wife
beaters."
?
The Phone box, or
possibly a phone box yesterday.
She went on: "You might be
sitting in your house one night minding your own business and the
next thing you know you are getting phone calls from people you
don't know asking you if there's a Huge Janis in your house.
I bet you wouldn't see the funny side in that, would you?"
"The government need to act today to
prevent paedophiles and drug dealers from being able to sell
on this information to terrorists and wife beaters"
Data Consumer expert Jane
Busybody
"Don't get me wrong, I'm all
for freedom of information. I just don't want it
to be my information. I'd much prefer it to be
information on people who look a bit dodgy and sit in their house
all day like some sort of nonce."
Today the government
department responsible for data protection released the following
statement: "What are you fucking people on?"
Government in yet
another 'data loss' scandal
