Advisor to Brit tech contractors Qdos confirms client data leak

Business insurance and employment status specialist Qdos has confirmed that an intruder has stolen some customers personal data, according to a communication to tech contractors that was seen by The Register. Qdos yesterday emailed clients on its database to confirm a "recent data security incident affecting one of our web …

[dickiedyce]

Re-assessment reset;

Had to jump through the usual QDOS password reset this morning, in order to go through my 6-montly IR35 assessment (which I note has gone up £££)

As yet no email from them telling me I've been subject to a data leak, but equally, no email telling me that I HAVEN'T been. From what I can tell from Reddit forums yesterday, other QDOS users have already started being fished.. so maybe I'm just further down the list? Won't that be thrilling.

Not entirely sure how much reassurance being offered free help from Experian gives one...

[Cruachan]

Re: Re-assessment reset;

I got the email yesterday, need to go through everything and see what I need to do.

[Anonymous Coward]

Dear God in Heaven ... Not again !!!

The UK Govt should just sack all these consultancy firms and just publish all the logins etc on the 'interWebs'.

It would be no LESS secure BUT save huge amounts of money wasted on the Consultancies !!!

Is there anything that the UK Govt (Read: Civil Service) can do PROPERLY ?????

This is not a one off BUT is as regular as an Atomic Clock !!!

:)

[Nematode]

Re: Dear God in Heaven ... Not again !!!

Huh? I'm not sure you understand who Qdos are / what they do? They certainly don't work for or are paid by the government.

[elsergiovolador]

Re: Dear God in Heaven ... Not again !!!

Consultancies are exempt from IR35. This is only affecting worker owned businesses.

IR35 was introduced to remove competition from small business that was cost effective and typically offered better quality than usual suspects.

[IvyKing]

Qdos? Isn't that a violation of a Seattle Computer Products trademark??

QDOS for me will always be the original name for what became 86-DOS then PC/MS-DOS.