'Cavalier' GCHQ online spy centre loses 35 laptops
Found on ComputerWorldUK on Friday, 12 March 2010
In a new report, the Commons Intelligence and Security Committee expressed concern that GCHQ appeared to be entirely unaware whether or not the computers, lost in 2008, contained top secret information on people posing an imminent security threat to the country.
In a hearing for the report, the spy centre said its work was at a level about one third below what was planned, because of difficulty attracting and retaining enough internet experts.
I don't expect something as simple and easy as full disk encryption was used on those laptops. That makes you wonder if the government isn't the biggest helper of terrorists.