PunK BeaR Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 The entire 2011 UK census database has been stolen by hackers and will be published online, it has been claimedRyan Cleary, an alleged member of the hacking group behind the claim, LulzSec, was arrested in Essex this morning by specialist cyber crime officers from Scotland Yard. Linky Wonder if there is any truth to this claim? Im sure we'll find out soon enough if the data pops up online. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Hopefully. Maybe it'll be unedited, before the tw@ts in Westminster get their underlings to give it a makeover and tell us everythings OK in merry old england. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Masked Tulip Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Question is - did they cut and paste or copy and paste. One hopes that the census was on some kind of fault tolerant RDMS but knowing the UK we probably have spent tens of millions on a big excel spreadsheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PunK BeaR Posted June 21, 2011 Author Share Posted June 21, 2011 Question is - did they cut and paste or copy and paste. One hopes that the census was on some kind of fault tolerant RDMS but knowing the UK we probably have spent tens of millions on a big excel spreadsheet. I dunno but the article states that it was Lockheed Martin who collected the data so they certainly would have got a good payday out of the census. I thought they made planes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane Tasker Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 I chucked my census in the bin so what do I care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GloomMonger Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 I chucked my census in the bin so what do I care. Cost you £1000 fine though. Didn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Executive Sadman Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Cost you £1000 fine though. Didn't it? I dont think my uncle has ever filled one in or ever been fined. And he's near 70. Usual excuses are 'dog ate it' or 'My house burnt down with the census form in it' Never gave him any bother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane Tasker Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Cost you £1000 fine though. Didn't it? No. They can try and fine me, I won't pay it, because I was born free and I'll die free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 I dont think my uncle has ever filled one in or ever been fined. And he's near 70. Usual excuses are 'dog ate it' or 'My house burnt down with the census form in it' Never gave him any bother. If you answer the door, and you say that "you've lost it", then you would have been issued another form...If the census collector has tried 2,3,4 times, and still no answer, then they will have filled out a dummy form, which has basic information on it, such as type of dwelling, is it self-contained, number of people that may live there, etc... Its the ones who tell the collector to eff off, will be the ones chased up by the census (by sending round the heavies / non-compliance teams)...only 38 people were prosecuted at the last census...once they get a solicitors letter through the door, most people buckle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riedquat Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 I settled for filling it in as unreadable as I could make it whilst still looking like a valid attempt at filling it in (so the odds of it appearing with my name spelled right and therefore being simple to link to me are fairly small - I've a reasonable unusual name). Half expected to get whinged at about that but never was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 This begs the question... "Can HMG require us to fill out a form if they can't keep the information private?". Perhaps the European Court should decide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnionTerror Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 I settled for filling it in as unreadable as I could make it whilst still looking like a valid attempt at filling it in (so the odds of it appearing with my name spelled right and therefore being simple to link to me are fairly small - I've a reasonable unusual name). Half expected to get whinged at about that but never was. Forms would have been bounced, if someone wrote in "Mickey Mouse", or if they were scribbled over, however, I doubt they would have been if someone was a bit more clever about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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