Well, it was kind of inevitable, but the UK has been hit by a major security leak in the form of a stolen laptop, as detailed at the BBC with Security raised over laptop theft.

Eleven million customer records have been stolen. It's only name, address and account details, but it is more than enough for a fraudulent individual to try and get money from the accounts. Rather frustratingly for those people who are customers of the Nationwide, the news of the laptop has only been released three months after the laptop was actually stolen.