APPARENTLY quite a few bits of computer information
and files have gone missing in recent months from
government departments - useless information such
as personal banking details, tax records, prison
records, driver license data etc have been stolen or
just plain lost.
Casual security is blamed for this loss of information
that does not appear to faze the government one iota.
This may be expected as the government will shortly
attempt to persuade the nation to have identity cards
that will contain data that if stolen from a government
establishment might have drastic consequences for
individuals but which the government insist could
never happen.
Some of these lost disks, computer memory sticks and
even laptop computers contain not kilobytes of
memory or even megabytes of memory but substantial
gigabytes of memory.
It has also been claimed, although not yet
substantiated, that the Welsh Assembly Government
has also lost a computer memory stick containing all
the details of our Assembly Members achievements
and expertise.
Allegedly, the police are now looking for a memory
stick smaller than the smallest needle, with a memory
capacity approaching ten bytes of memory- nearly
enough to fill one line of normal print.
A police officer suggested that WAG might be held in
contempt by the public or charged with wasting police
time - when the police stop laughing.
A P Bowen
Poplars Road
Abergavenny