MOD Admits Losing An Entire Server

[Jon Turner <jjturner () gmail com>]

http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/mod-admits-losing-an-entire-server-1432

During 2008, the UK Ministry of Defence admits it lost an entire
server from a secure building - as well as 1.7m individuals' personal
data - according to

The Ministry of Defence has published details of its data loss
incidents for 2008 - which include the loss of an entire server from
an apparently secured government building, and the loss of 1.7 million
individuals' personal data.

As part of its Annual Report and Accounts document published this
week, the Ministry of Defence is obliged to list any serious data
breach incidents over the last 12 months. While details of some of the
incidents have been reported already, collecting the information
together provides a summary of the various ways information security
has been subverted in the MOD over the last year.

The incidents include one entry listed as occurring in September 2008
when it was apparently discovered that " a server was missing
following the closure of a secured government premises". The report
also goes on to provide details of the data which is described as
"names, addresses, details and service number [sic] or National
Insurance number [sic] and medical records relating to around 700
individuals - 200 of which are reported to be active records. The
police were notified of the incident, the MOD reports.
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