Bad news for the Royal Air Force. The joys of the ever present USB hard drives have sunk its teeth into the exposed shin of yet another organization.
From Computer Weekly:
Information stored on USB portable hard drives has been stolen from a high-security area at the base of the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency at RAF Innsworth, Gloucester.
The agency provides support services for around 900,000 serving and ex-service personnel. It is unclear how many people are affected by the theft.
The Ministry of Defence admits three disk drives were taken from the high security area of the base. MoD Police and Gloucestershire Police are investigating the theft.
Since the drives (or disks?) where removed from a high security area of the base would it not follow that the range of suspects would be greatly reduced? When I was doing contract work for the US military, back in the day, they would provide be an armed guard as an escort. A friendly reminder that if I tried anything silly that I would have a little extra ventilation for my trouble.
