UK MoD Releases Security Breach Data

A recent report states that the Ministry of Defense lost more than 1,000 storage devices over the past two years, and most were not encrypted.

The UK's Ministry of Defense (MoD) has lost more than 1,000 storage devices over the past two years.

"According to a report by the London Daily Mail, the figures were released to technology consulting firm Lewis Communications under the U.K.'s Freedom of Information Act," writes DarkReading's Tim Wilson.

"In all, a total of 340 laptops, 593 CDs, DVDs, and floppy disks, 215 USB memory sticks, 96 removable hard disk drives, and 13 mobile phones have disappeared from the Ministry of Defense during the two-year time period investigated," Wilson writes. "Only one in five of the devices that disappeared was encrypted, leading security experts to criticize the 'cavalier attitude' about the protection of data."

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