Just thought this might be of interest
Royal Air Force Wing Commander David Farquhar is not an internal auditor. But, on December 17, 1990 he discovered a security problem when a laptop that he had been using was stolen from an RAF staff car.
At the time the incident occurred, Farquhar was a member of the staff of Air Chief Marshal Sir Patrick Hine, Joint Commander of British Forces in the Persian Gulf. Farquhar was returning from a briefing for British Prime Minister John Major on plans for Operation Desert Storm when he stopped at a car dealership to examine several secondhand Range Rovers.
When Farquhar and his driver returned to the staff car, the laptop and two briefcases containing what were described as "sensitive papers" had been removed from it. The briefcases were recovered from a rubbish dumpster within hours, their contents apparently intact.
Royal Air Force officials concluded that the laptop had been taken by a petty thief rather than by an intelligence agent, and that the unit most likely had been taken in a so-called "crime of opportunity" by someone who apparently was unaware of the nature of what he was stealing. Reportedly, the subsequent RAF investigation concluded that the laptop most likely had been sold by the thief to someone who deals in the purchase and resale of stolen goods. Eventually the incident and the publicity surrounding it cost Farquhar his career.
I wonder what will happen to the RN chap?