DWP sending sensitive data with passwords

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Email indicates that security measures introduced after HMRC breach are not working

Discs are being sent complete with passwords Government staff in the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) have been sending out sensitive data in packages containing passwords that provide acces...

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