ISLANDERS are probably not at risk after a computer containing bank customers’ personal details was sold on Ebay, a Guernsey IT security expert has said.

EVIDENCE may have been lost after the States was informed about a security breach on its website.

THE findings of an internal review into the lack of security on the States election website will not be released in their entirety.

TREASURY minister Charles Parkinson has backed his information technology staff after criticisms of poor security on the States election website.

EARLIER this year, a computer expert came to Guernsey at his own expense to show representatives of Treasury and Resources’ Information Technology Unit that there was a security breach on the States election site leaving confidential personal information exposed.

THE States should have taken immediate action once notified that care home records were at risk, according to the chairman of the Guernsey Association of Compliance Officers.

INCOMPETENCE is to blame for care home residents’ personal information being accessible online, according to a leading security consultant.

INADEQUATE security 15 years ago allowed one former civil servant access to the Greffe computer system.

MARCUS CICERO accused the States yesterday of vilifying him for exposing a fault in the government’s internet system.

CONFIRMATION that Guernsey police are investigating a suspected breach of the Bailiwick’s Computer Misuse Law in relation to disclosures that the States of Guernsey website was leaking personal data is an interesting development in this unfolding tale.