Confidential information leaked after MoD official left laptop open on train

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A Ministry of Defence official revealed confidential information by leaving a laptop open on a train in another Afghan data breach, The Independent can reveal, as new documents uncover a string of government blunders which have put private data in the wrong hands.

Confidential information leaked after MoD official left laptop open on train

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