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Laptop bought on eBay

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Laptop bought on eBay contains details of every UK soldier serving in Afghanistan province

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THE British Ministry of Defence is investigating how an army officerâ€™s laptop containing sensitive military data was bought on eBay for less than Â£20

The Toshiba Satellite A30 laptop computer, which is now held by the MoD, contained details of every police command post in a town in Helmand in Afghanistan, along with photos of each post and a list of the men, their ammunition, patrols and weapons.

so much for british security

Re: Laptop bought on eBay

Nothing wrong with British security - the rules governing the use, storage, and disposal, of laptops in use by the MOD should be sufficient to prevent this from happening if they are followed correctly.

What we probably have here is an(other) instance of someone who thinks that the rules don't apply to them, or who has decided that they're 'too difficult' to follow, and so has decided to do their own thing.