"There have been several high profile data losses at the MoD this year including the theft of a recruitment official's laptop in January that contained details of 600,000 individuals and the loss of several other laptops and USB sticks in isolated incidents around the country. However in the latter report, the MoD only admitted to the loss of several dozen USB sticks and laptops. No information on what exactly was lost has been revealed until now."
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