Recruits' banks alerted after theft of laptop

[Legal Beagles]

The Ministry of Defence has approached the security and intelligence agencies, as well as banks and individuals, over the theft of a laptop computer holding the personal details of 600,000 Royal Navy, Royal Marine and RAF recruits, and of other people wanting to join the services

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[Amethyst]

Re: Recruits' banks alerted after theft of laptop

Here we go again....you'd think these orgainsations would stop letting their staff carry this information around - how many ''ops I lost it'' stroies hav their been lately ? Where will it end.

[Tools]

Re: Recruits' banks alerted after theft of laptop

Here we go again....you'd think these orgainsations would stop letting their staff carry this information around - how many ''ops I lost it'' stroies hav their been lately ? Where will it end.

It won`t end , it is just one series of embarrassments after another, surely they must realise that entrusting the transport of sensitive data to third parties such as TNT is not exactly the brightest of ideas. This has come about because of funding restrictions and cutbacks of civil servants in all the wrong departments. Sure they can revamp their offices at great expense to the British taxpayer, but when it comes down to the basic security of everyones personal data they find it acceptable to take short cuts.