British military staff data drive lost: ministry

October 10, 2008

A computer hard drive with personal details of some 100,000 serving military personnel, over half the total armed forces, has gone missing, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Friday.



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  • mikiwud - Oct 12, 2008
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    We just accept this as the norm.Waiting for headlines "NuLabour keep (insert dept name) computer records secret".

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