UK Data Loss

In case you are not paying attention this week in identity news – The UK lost massive amounts of PII for its citizens.
Here are two good articles – Christian Science Monitor:
Computer files on 7.25 million families – everyone with children under 16 – have been missing ever since they were sent on two compact discs through the domestic mail system a month ago by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
SFGate – SF Chronicle
This one is a summary of a range of coverage of the incident.
Kim calls it an Identity Chernobyl.
Kim Cameron that has more context about reports written earlier about the risks of centralizing information about children big databases.
Ben Laurie who lives in the UK has comments on the scans of correspondence by the National Audit Office about the lost data.