HRSDC lost portable hard drive

[Locutus]

A portable hard drive containing personal information about more than half a million people who received student loans has gone missing, the federal government revealed Friday.

Human Resources and Skills Development Canada says the device disappeared from an HRSDC office in Gatineau, Que., in early November.

The hard drive had personal information on 583,000 Canadians who were clients of the Canada Student Loans program from 2000 to 2006. Borrowers from Quebec, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories are not affected.

The information on the missing hard drive includes:

• Student names, social insurance numbers, dates of birth, contact information and loan balance of Canada Student Loan borrowers.

• Personal contact information for 250 HRSDC employees.

The government says no banking or medical information was on the hard drive.
Letters are going out to everyone affected to tell them what steps to take to protect themselves.


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Federal agency loses data on 583,000 Canadians - Canada - CBC News


Well done everybody.

 

[Tonington]

We regret to inform you....I didn't hear much else of what was said after that. It was hard to make the words out over the sound of my heart pumping in my ears. Blah!

 

[Sal]

:-(

We regret to inform you....I didn't hear much else of what was said after that. It was hard to make the words out over the sound of my heart pumping in my ears. Blah!

lmao.... sorry, but the way ya put it... it is funny... my bad.

This is the second time...wtf? How many times is this gonna happen before they don't transfer the data onto PORTABLE DRIVES. Why would they have such a high security risk system in place for transferring data. For sure it has to be backed up every night, can't they find a more secure way to transfer it?

what a bunch of buffoons.

 

[Tonington]

I kinda figured I would be on that list. Bastards!

 

[SLM]

I kinda figured I would be on that list. Bastards!

Better luck next bureaucratic **** up time!

 

[taxslave]

This happened in mid November and is just getting reported now? The wheels of government truly do turn very slowly.

 

[SLM]

This happened in mid November and is just getting reported now? The wheels of government truly do turn very slowly.

They can't even screw up efficiently, lol.

 

[lone wolf]

See why I wouldn't trust government to keep a gun registry?

 

[Sal]

This happened in mid November and is just getting reported now? The wheels of government truly do turn very slowly.

no this just happened now, but they lost another one back in November with different private info on it... this is loss number two...yup... this is our government at work for us...

 

[SLM]

no this just happened now, but they lost another one back in November with different private info on it... this is loss number two...yup... this is our government at work for us...

Oh so they **** up AND they're redundant! Yep, that sounds about right.

 

[Sal]

Oh so they **** up AND they're redundant! Yep, that sounds about right.

lol...yes quite correct, at first when I saw the story I thought it was the resurrected old one but that had to do with old age pensions I think this is a different loss .... they need to be gravely concerned. I wonder too, how it got leaked.

 

[Tonington]

The first loss of the disabled pensioner data triggered the audit. It's likely that I never would have known what happened to my student loan infformation if the first bunch of data hadn't gone missing. Which makes me wonder how rampant the use of removable flash drives etc is amongst the civil service.

 

[Goober]

The first loss of the disabled pensioner data triggered the audit. It's likely that I never would have known what happened to my student loan infformation if the first bunch of data hadn't gone missing. Which makes me wonder how rampant the use of removable flash drives etc is amongst the civil service.

Rampant. Now start wondering about the ones that are not reported.

 

[Sal]

so let's say I stole the information, what could I do with it ... potentially

 

[Tonington]

Rampant. Now start wondering about the ones that are not reported.

Well those would be the ones I was wondering about

so let's say I stole the information, what could I do with it ... potentially

With geographical information, date of birth, student loan data, social insurance number...if you know what you're doing you can make me a victim of identity theft, fraud, etc.

 

[Goober]

so let's say I stole the information, what could I do with it ... potentially

There are site where you can out it up for bid.

 

[Sal]

Well those would be the ones I was wondering about



With geographical information, date of birth, student loan data, social insurance number...if you know what you're doing you can make me a victim of identity theft, fraud, etc.

sooo how much are ya going to pay me for it... I could mail it

sooo how much are ya going to pay me for it... I could mail it

otherwise, Goob says I can sell it, presumably on line...

 

[Sal]

In the news today: this may draw a lawsuit!

Lost Canada Student Loans data sparks possible lawsuit - Yahoo! News Canada