I understand, perhaps, how laptops can be stolen. A burglar breaks into your house or office for example. But I still don't really comprehend how one loses one's laptop. My MacBook is the centre of my working life. It's the primary tool to earn my income. I don't leave it in the car. I guard my laptop bag like its gold (which, in a way, it is).
So how is it that the UK government has such a lackadaisical attitude to computers that thousands have been lost or stolen since 2002?
And of course, being the government, often they're dealing with sensitive data:
The Department of Work and Pensions, which processes details of millions of bank accounts, national insurance contributions and benefit and pension payments, is not far behind. The DWP has had 828 desktops mislaid or stolen - 80 per cent of all those lost to the Government since 2002 - as well as 271 laptops.
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