Theyve done it again!
This from the times online this morning -
The Ministry of Defence has begun an investigation into its worst information security breach after a portable hard drive with details of about 100,000 servicemen and women and 800,000 applicants to join the Armed Services was found to be missing on Wednesday.
Sensitive details of the family members of personnel were also among the data stored, including bank details and passport numbers.
The portable hard drive — which is believed not to have been encrypted — was used by EDS, the MoD’s main IT contractor, to test computer equipment. It could have been missing for several days.
“The matter is being investigated by MoD police,” an MoD spokeswoman said last night. “We were informed by EDS that it was unable to account for a portable hard drive used in connection with the administration of Armed Forces personnel data. This came to light during a priority audit EDS is conducting to comply with the Cabinet Office data handling review.”
