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Old 20th Jan 2008, 12:55
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Ray Dahvectac
 
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Sunday Times

Perhaps some clarification from the Sunday Times article:

The personal details of every person who wrote inquiring about a job with the navy, RAF and the Royal Marines in the last 10 years were held on the stolen laptop.

The MoD says the data include the names, home addresses, bank and passport details, national insurance and National Health Service numbers of thousands of staff and potential recruits. A Whitehall official said yesterday the details of many serving servicemen and women were among the data.

The information was not encrypted and would therefore be accessible to anyone with basic technical knowledge.
The article also discusses the threat to Muslim service personnel following the 'kidnap and beheading' plot of last year.

'Two Jobs' is to make another apology - er "statement" - in parliament tomorrow. To use the same terms as one of his predecessors, is his department really 'fit for purpose'?
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