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08-05-2008, 01:22 PM
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| | | Losing it...
First it was the Hospital Authority, then HSBC and now the Immigration Department.
This place is becoming as bad as Blighty for losing personal data. 
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08-05-2008, 01:40 PM
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| | | Have already lost it
10% of road accidents are due to drunken driving.
Ergo
90% of accidents are due to driving without drinking!
Piyo Sar Utha Ke!
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08-05-2008, 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Claire ex-ax  First it was the Hospital Authority, then HSBC and now the Immigration Department.
This place is becoming as bad as Blighty for losing personal data. | About HSBC "losing" a whole server while one of its branches was under renovation... And finally, letting on about it after 10-PLUS days - that IS worrying.
In the UK, there are sites providing info/advice on the need to safeguard personal details, e.g. Home Office Identity Theft Home Page ...b/coz there's many a case of lost/stolen data falling into the hands of shifty, resourceful sorts... What's the HK equivalent here? And is there much awareness of how valuable such private info is? From recent revelations - apparently NOT.
Would writing a firmly-worded, RANTing letter to HSBC help? Nope? The simple reply would probably be the ole equivalent of "Oops, sorry, sh*t happens".
BTW, venting coz a close relative was undergoing a series of treatments in the Prince of Wales, so hearing Hospital Authority reps trying to "damage control" news 'bout their several (10?) lost/stolen USB sticks with loadsa patients' details... was already MUCH.
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Reason: Again, typos & errors, left, right & ctr...
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08-05-2008, 02:47 PM
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| | | Hang on a minute. All the reports I have seen say that the data on the server that was stolen was heavily protected. There are plenty of data encryption and security tools out there which would take even the CIA with all its computing power many years to crack. Given that accessing just one account online requires a userid, a password and a one-time security code from an individual token I have a high degree of confidence that the security and encryption in place on this server is sufficient that whoever stole it will be completely unable to extract any data from it.
And from what I've read all they would get if they could is get names, account numbers and transaction details.
If someone wants to get hold of that information about you there's a much easier way: simply steal your monthly statement from your mailbox.
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08-05-2008, 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by PDLM Hang on a minute. All the reports I have seen say that the data on the server that was stolen was heavily protected. There are plenty of data encryption and security tools out there which would take even the CIA with all its computing power many years to crack. Given that accessing just one account online requires a userid, a password and a one-time security code from an individual token I have a high degree of confidence that the security and encryption in place on this server is sufficient that whoever stole it will be completely unable to extract any data from it.
And from what I've read all they would get if they could is get names, account numbers and transaction details.
If someone wants to get hold of that information about you there's a much easier way: simply steal your monthly statement from your mailbox. | Oh come on PDLM, don't spoil the doom and gloom party. The hospital records are probably just sat all lonely, misplaced or misfiled, as well rather than in the hands of the triads. Given the billions of records out there it seems to me that a few will go missing all the time. Its called human error.  |
08-05-2008, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by PDLM Hang on a minute. All the reports I have seen say that the data on the server that was stolen was heavily protected. | But why wasn't the server itself protected? |
08-05-2008, 03:22 PM
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| | | PDLM - trust you to believe everything that HSBC says.
Only their IT folks and Insurance people would know the truth... |
08-05-2008, 03:22 PM
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Originally Posted by PDLM And from what I've read all they would get if they could is get names, account numbers and transaction details. | No possible damage then? Remember what happened to Jeremy Clarkson...  |
08-05-2008, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by hullexile Oh come on PDLM, don't spoil the doom and gloom party... Given the billions of records out there it seems to me that a few will go missing all the time. Its called human error. | Yeah, "human error"...
And BOY, do some of us ERR a lot...
Thanks for that down-to-earth reminder 
(And, yeah, I'm one of a minority who checks and re-checks my real-world letterbox, in case of... ?!)
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