The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) has reportedly lost confidential data belonging to anyone who has ever claimed a single farm payment.
According to a report by Farmers Weekly, the bank accounts of every farmer in England have been at risk after the data was lost in May. The department for environment, food and rural affairs (DEFRA) was alerted to the issue immediately and said the risk posed to farmers was very low.
However Farmers Weekly claimed that the agency only discovered the problem in September. It also said that at no time has the agency or DEFRA attempted to inform farmers about the breach.
Whistleblowers claimed that 39 backup tapes containing confidential details went missing after they were transferred from RPA offices in Reading to Newcastle. DEFRA has admitted that tapes went missing, but told Farmers Weekly that the data was not lost in transit and was instead misplaced within the data centre.
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Source: scmagazineuk.com
By: Dan Raywood
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