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Now MI6 loses handheld in computer theft incident

By stiennon on Tue, 10/07/08 - 8:18am.
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Last week it was MI5 and a camera with pictures of terrorist weapons and documents sold on eBay.  This week it is “an encrypted hand-held computer” stolen from an open window in a “house rented by MI6” (safe house?). MI6 is of course the UK's secret agency.   I really wish John Le Carre would bring back Smiley.  He is needed! 

Will we ever know if MI6 really enforces encryption on thier hand held devices? 

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About Stiennon onSecurity

Richard Stiennon is a security industry analyst. He is currently consulting, speaking and writing on all manner of security topics for IT-Harvest, the IT research firm he founded to cover the security space. He was most recently chief marketing officer for Fortinet. He has served stints at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Gartner, and Webroot Software.