Top Secret Brit Laptop Stolen

[unhappycamper]

Top Secret Brit Laptop Stolen

The theft of lap­tops with ‘top secret’ gov­ern­ment and mil­i­tary data has become a punch-​​line in the UK.

There were 28 lap­tops lost or stolen in the last four months and 66 in total since January 1, 2009. Looking back over the last 4 years there were 658 that van­ished. A major hunt is now on in London after a lap­top crammed with secret data was stolen from inside the Ministry of Defense (MoD) nerve cen­ter. FROM THEIR HEADQUARTERS!

How embar­rass­ing taken from right under the noses of the MoD lead­er­ship in Whitehall. If the theft of the lap­top was not bad enough, the USB type encryp­tion key needed to unlock the highly sen­si­tive files was also taken. The loss was said to have occurred toward the end of November but news of the event did not leak out until late last week and was not con­firmed until ear­lier this week.

The lap­top was said to belong to a high-​​ranking RAF offi­cer. One agency is report­ing that a source inside MoD stated, “This has the poten­tial to become one of the most seri­ous secu­rity breaches at the Ministry for a very long time.” A spokesman for the MoD said that “an inves­ti­ga­tion by MoD police is ongo­ing and it would be inap­pro­pri­ate to com­ment further.”

I won­der if any­one told the MoD that you can equip your lap­tops with GPS and have your lap­top phone home and even delete sen­si­tive data?


Rest of article at: http://defensetech.org/2009/12/18/top-secret-brit-laptop-stolen/?wh=wh

[NecklyTyler]

1. The British and their information stored on computers

The Ministry of Defense can't even hold onto a Top Secret laptop, and people are still speculating on how the emails were leaked from Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia.

[clear eye]

2. Just hazarding a guess--these places all use the same cleaning service.

When I saw the title of your OP, my first thought was "again?". I'd heard of a couple before this, but didn't know how widespread it's been. I can't believe they haven't figured out who's infiltrated whatever service, IT, translator, coffee cart, cleaning, etc. is being used as a cover. Do they think these are unconnected acts, or are they looking for a common denominator, I wonder.

[lapfog_1]

3. Times change, technology changes...

but it's good to see the British are on top of their secret spy stuff as they ever were.

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And one day Macmillan was coming downstairs
A voice in the dark caught him unawares
It was Christine Keeler blowing him a kiss
He said "I never believed it could happen like this
But oh, every time I look at you
I feel so low I don't know what to do
Well every day just seems to bring bad news
Leaves me here with the post World War Two Blues"

Al Stewart.

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. I thought Tony Blair was kidnapped - Oh wait, that was lapDOG

Phew.....

[westerebus]

5. Some body's got to keep the German's up to date.

Or the Russians. Or the Chinese. Or the Turks. Or SMERSH.