Britain Loses Millions of Citizens' Data ; Disks Hold Addresses, Account Numbers

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LONDON It was a civil servant's simple mistake, but the consequences could be vast.

Two computer disks bearing addresses, bank account numbers and other details of about 25 million people almost half the British population were popped into internal government mail and never arrived.

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Britain Loses Millions of Citizens' Data ; Disks Hold Addresses, Account Numbers

The government says there is no sign the data have fallen into criminal hands. But technology experts and...

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