Dear Child Benefit Agency in the UK

So you lost two very important discs, so you lost these two discs that hold ALL the information for ALL the families in the UK that get Child Benefit...so now...some lucky person has access to my bank account, all my personal details and lots of other confidential information about me and my family. Oh, and I am not the only one, there are another 25 MILLION people whose information was on those two discs.

This is my favorite quote from the article on the BBC website
The data was sent on 18 October and senior management at HMRC were told it was missing on 8 November and the chancellor on 10 November.
Hey, I usually notice if something I send by courier is missing within a few hours...how on gods green earth did it take you so long to notice this "important" information was missing.

Ah well, you have to laugh. Yes, Laugh, while someone is probably draining my bank account of all my hard earned cash, my mortgage payments and now I bet I have to sell the kid to make that £70 a month you were giving me. Thanks Child Benefit Agency! You Rock!

So god save the queen and all that crap.

Signed,
Watching my bank account closely!

Re: Dear Child Benefit Agency in the UK

Ugh that sux!

This happened with our old mortgage company, and then with our brokerage house. I loved how in both letters they acted like it was no big deal. Sure, it's not your social security number, bank account & routing info, etc that are God knows where.

Re: Dear Child Benefit Agency in the UK

OMG this is all over the papers and the news tonight. This is a HUGE HUGE thing. I'm not actually worried about fraud, but I will keep an eye out.