LONDON – Britain’s Defense Ministry said a laptop containing personal details of 600,000 new or prospective military recruits was stolen last week from a Royal Navy officer in Birmingham. The ministry said it was urgently writing to 3,500 people whose bank details were included. More: continued here
Read More »Philips May Say Quarterly Profit Rose on Stake Sales (Update2) (Bloomberg.com)
Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) — Royal Philips Electronics NV, the world’s biggest maker of light bulbs and electric shavers, may say fourth-quarter profit rose 81 percent on gains from selling Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. shares. More: continued here
Read More »Chinese artifacts at ROM have been smuggled: book (CBC)
A new book by a Chinese scholar says hundreds of Chinese antiquities at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto were smuggled out of China illegally, according to an article in the Globe and Mail. More: continued here
Read More »Kay says a big thank you to her postman a big thank you to her postman – ic Wales
Kay says a big thank you to her postman a big thank you to her postmanic Wales, United Kingdom –2 minutes agoKay was so thankful for Grant’s quick action that she wrote to Royal Mail praising him. The letter means Grant has been nominated for the company’s First … More: continued here
Read More »British Navy Loses Laptop Containing Personnel Data – PC World
TV3 News British Navy Loses Laptop Containing Personnel DataPC World –29 minutes agoThe laptop with personal information on about 600000 people was stolen from an officer in the Royal Navy. A laptop containing personal information on about …Personal data of 600000 on lost laptopTimes OnlineBritish Laptop With Personal Data StolenThe Associated …
Read More »City asking residents for help with DART (The Rowlett Lakeshore Times)
A sea of royal blue would be welcomed sight Tuesday in Dallas, at least according to Rowlett Mayor John Harper and city staff. More: continued here
Read More »City asking residents for help with DART (McKinney Messenger)
A sea of royal blue would be welcomed sight Tuesday in Dallas, at least according to Rowlett Mayor John Harper and city staff. More: continued here
Read More »Personal data of 600,000 on lost laptop (Times Online)
A junior Royal Navy officer is facing a court martial after a laptop containing the personal data of 600,000 people, including serving personnel and thousands of people who have shown an interest in a military career, was stolen from his car. More: continued here
Read More »Royal Navy loses laptop with data on 600000 people – Computerworld
TV3 News Royal Navy loses laptop with data on 600000 peopleComputerworld, MA –34 minutes agoThe discs, which were encrypted and password-protected, were sent via interoffice mail and never arrived. The following month, the Driving Standards Agency …British Laptop With Personal Data StolenThe Associated PressPersonal data of 600000 on lost laptopTimes OnlineLaptop with …
Read More »Police probe MOD laptop theft (ITV.com)
Police are investigating the theft of a laptop from the Ministry of Defence. The laptop was stolen from a Royal Navy officer in Birmingham on the night of January 9 but the theft has only just been announced by the Ministry of Defence. More: continued here
Read More »