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2005 MoD — Army laptop stolen Edinburgh, 500+ records

2005 500 records affected Share on X

Data compromised

Personal data of recruits

Technical writeup

Army laptop stolen from careers office in Edinburgh. Unencrypted data on 500+ people. MoD had 420+ laptops stolen since 2003; many unencrypted.

Root cause

Laptop theft; unencrypted data

References