Brits Say Errant Flash Drive Jeopardized Data of 12M

Gov't system shut after find in parking garage
By Wesley Oliver,  Newser Staff
Posted Nov 2, 2008 12:34 PM CST
Brits Say Errant Flash Drive Jeopardized Data of 12M
Ministers have ordered an emergency shutdown of a government computer system after a memory stick was found in a pub car park containing confidential passwords.   (Shutter Stock)

UK ministers shut down a government computer system after a memory stick containing sensitive personal data was found in a parking garage, reports the Daily Mail. The government insists the system hasn’t been breached, but an expert says the blunder jeopardizes the security of 12 million people. “The government cannot be trusted with all this information, but they collect more and more,” said one MP.
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