[HIB]MoD Loses 340 Laptops In Two Years

The Ministry of Defence has admitted that it has lost 340 laptops during a two year period from 2008 to 2010.The news came to light in response to a Freedom of Information request by Lewis PR. The MoD said that 120 laptops at a cost of £1,800 each were stolen. Another 220 laptops were lost and only 25 were ever recovered. Less than half (157 laptops) had data which had been encrypted.And it was also revealed that 593 CDs, DVDs and floppy disks, as well as 215 USB memory sticks, 96 removable hard-disk drives and 13 mobile phones went missing. Only 164 of the 593 CDs, DVDs and floppy disks, were recovered. Only 40 were encrypted, and only 52 of the 215 missing memory sticks were protected.

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