British Special Forces laptop containing top-secret files goes missing.Byline: ANI London, Apr 13 (ANI): A laptop containing details of top-secret anti-terror training exercises of the Special Air Service (SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. ), a special forces regiment within the British Army The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with unification of the governments and armed forces of England and Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. , has gone missing. The British Defence Ministry admitted that the computer, which was not encrypted en·crypt tr.v. en·crypt·ed, en·crypt·ing, en·crypts 1. To put into code or cipher. 2. Computer Science , vanished during a recent exercise in the UK. It comes days after top anti-terror cop Bob Quick resigned after being caught on camera carrying documents outlining secret operations, The Sun reports. The Signals Regiment, attached to the elite force based in Hereford, was using the laptop. Sources claim it probably contained indepth details of training exercises or the names of the personnel taking part. Military chiefs discovered the loss during a routine audit of the kit. A source said: "It is very embarrassing as keeping tabs on kit is the most important part of working with the SAS." The MoD insisted the computer only contained "unclassified un·clas·si·fied adj. 1. Not placed or included in a class or category: unclassified mail. 2. " information, but has launched an inquiry. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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