Police in India have failed to act on hundreds of corruption complaints because they lost a computer password - for eight years. Oops! 

Officers in Delhi were unable to access a portal holding more than 600 complaints, reports the Indian Express. 

The lapse at India's anti-corruption agency, the Central Vigilance Commission, had gone undetected since 2006.  The CVC collates complaints against government officials and directs law enforcement to investigate them. 

But two senior police officers have now been trained in the system, and can access the 667 cases that have piled up since the portal launched.

One officer told the paper the oversight was "a technical problem", and complaints were now being addressed.

Despite the confusion, police in Delhi "remain committed to public grievances", a senior officer told the newspaper.