Tag archive for ‘Ministry of Defence’
Rip of the Week: MoD Laptop Stolen…and Encryption Key Too
Here’s an interesting case out of the UK. Thanks go to Redemtech for the alert. The BBC reports that a Ministry of Defence laptop was stolen last November. But in an interesting twist, the encryption (decryption) key was stolen along with it.
All this in the context of the MoD confession back in July that 658 [...]
Ministry of Defence admits over 217 laptops have gone missing
Today in The Herald, Ian Bruce reported that the Ministry of Defence admitted to having lost 217 laptops, 47 desktop computers, 80 hard drives and 96 memory sticks in 2008.
The article states that the devices held “private information about almost half of serving armed forces personnel – including bank and driving licence details, passport numbers, [...]
Anti-terror MI5 Computer Stolen
In the spirit of last night’s Vice Presidential debates and the Presidential debates to come, it’s only appropriate to talk about foreign policy.
Not the United States’ foreign policy… but the “foreign” policy of the friendly Brits across the pond.
This past Sunday, a laptop computer was reported stolen from a home in Greater Manchester. The article [...]
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