The Security Mentor

After the UK government lost disks with 25 million people's personal information, TV host Jeremy Clarkson raised the question of how much risk there actually was. It's a good kind of question to ask, but it's not so good to leap to conclusions, as Clarkson did when he said "Honestly, I've never known such a palaver about nothing".

He was so sure that the release of personal information couldn't make anything bad happen, to dramatize his point Clarkson published his bank account details.

Only one person took the bait, oddly enough, and stopped short of cleaning out the account. The thief "donated" 500 pounds from Clarkson's account to a charity.

Clarkson has admitted he was wrong.