HMRC Again

In a moment of true comedy, HMRC have announced today that they're offering a £20,000 (US$40,000) reward for the return of the disks they announced they'd lost last month.

Lovely, more of taxpayers' money being spent! Well done everybody.

One slight problem that the more technical of you will have spotted here. What's to stop someone copying the disks, hand in the originals, get £20k reward, then either sell the information on the black market anyway or wait 10 years and make serious money then?

Idiots.