Lax Security Not Just a U.S. Thing

 

Commerce Department Secretary Carlos Gutierrez isn't the only high-level government official who has had trouble keeping data from thieves -- or holding on to the computer itself. A thief, or thieves, stole U.K. Communities Secretary Hazel Blears' desktop computer, the International Herald Tribune reported. The theft prompted British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to ask ministers to safeguard government data better. "Two sets of confidential documents have been left on trains by security officials in the last week," the Tribune reported. "One set of papers included secret briefings on Iraq and al-Qaida."


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