Subject: UK: Tax website shut down as memory stick with secret personal data of 12million is found in a pub car park Sat Nov 01, 2008 9:00 pm
Ministers have been forced to order an emergency shutdown of a key Government computer system to protect millions of people's private details.
The action was taken after a memory stick was found in a pub car park containing confidential passcodes to the online Government Gateway system, which covers everything from tax returns to parking tickets.