ID card fears as staff hack into Home Office database | News | This is London

While admittedly the system that would run the NIR in the UK would be different, one can't help thinking that, nevertheless, this is correct...

Phil Booth, of the NO2ID campaign, said government databases would always be vulnerable to unscrupulous staff. 'That these breaches have taken place in the very agency that is supposed to be protecting the identities of every citizen in this country is a damning indictment of the current system,' he said. 'But when you consider that this agency will be running the ID card scheme, it's truly terrifying.'
John Tullett, the technology editor of Secure Computing magazine, said the Home Office would be 'naive' to assume that the total of recorded breaches reflects the real number of security violations at the department. He said: 'The trend in IT crime is towards "silent" breaches where very competent criminals get into a system and cover their tracks so they can get in again in future, all without the victim ever knowing.'

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