UK Prime Minister Tony Blair
Security arrangements for Tony Blair have been compromised following the theft of a laptop
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Stolen laptop forces Blair security shift

Labour and Conservative Party conference data compromised

Matt Chapman, vnunet.com 22 Sep 2006
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair has been forced to change his movements in the run up to the Labour Party conference following the theft of a laptop containing security details on the event. 

The laptop, which belonged to a member of the armed forces, was taken on Tuesday morning from a car parked at a Hampshire service station on the M3 motorway.

As well as details of the Labour Party event in Manchester, the laptop also held security plans for the Conservative Party conference in Bournemouth. 

A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said that security arrangements had been "fully reviewed" in light of the theft. 

Greater Manchester Police said that its policing plans had been revised to ensure that security was not compromised. 

The Labour Party conference begins on Sunday and runs until Thursday.

See also:

Sensitive information deleted when thief goes online  26 Sep 2006
The US Department of Veteran Affairs is to spend $3m installing data encryption software on all laptopsEncryption to protect veterans' data  29 Aug 2006
More than 80 per cent of firms have put critical data at risk by losing a laptopWhere did I leave that customer list?  18 Aug 2006
New study tracks mobile thefts  04 Aug 2006
The culture of faceless selling via online auction sites is dramatically increasing the availability of stolen goods such as mobile phonesMobile phones top the list of 'second-hand' items  07 Jul 2006
CyberAngel location software tells police where to look  08 Jun 2006
HM Revenue and CustomsScale of ID theft far worse than originally admitted  13 Dec 2005

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