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follow-up: Details of Scots on stolen laptop
From: security curmudgeon <jericho () attrition org>
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:31:17 +0000 (UTC)
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7214464.stm BBC News 29 January 2008 A stolen Ministry of Defence computer had the personal details of almost 60,000 Scots stored on it. The revelation came in a written parliamentary answer to SNP defence spokesman Angus Robertson MP. The laptop, which was taken from a Royal Navy officer in Birmingham on 9 January, contained information about 600,000 people. The MoD has set up a freephone help number on 0800 085 3600 for anyone who thinks they may have been affected. The breakdown given to Mr Robertson disclosed that the details of 59,553 people in Scotland were lost as a result of the theft. In Wales, the details of 37,546 people were lost, while in Northern Ireland 14,223 people were affected. The details of 459,778 people from England and 34,667 people from elsewhere were also on the laptop. [..] _______________________________________________ Dataloss Mailing List (dataloss () attrition org) http://attrition.org/dataloss Tenable Network Security offers data leakage and compliance monitoring solutions for large and small networks. Scan your network and monitor your traffic to find the data needing protection before it leaks out! http://www.tenablesecurity.com/products/compliance.shtml
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