UK police lost over 400,000 police files due to a “human error” whereby defective code was introduced during routine maintenance. The mistake had enormous consequences, with Government ministers now admitting that Police criminal investigations may have been compromised due to the error. The mistake points to the wider problem of the security skills gaps amongst developers, with many not taught to code securely from the outset, nor given the time to evolve their security offerings themselves.
Expert On How The UK Police Data Loss Could Have Been Easily Prevented
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