British Intelligence Agency Misplaces Thousands of Storage Devices
An investigation reveals that the agency has lost thousands of removable drives for years and cannot determine the exact number, alongside other errors like unchecked software bugs.
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2 publishers have covered this in 2 articles since 30 Oct 2026. www.theregister.com published first, on 30 October at 11:45 UTC; Latest from Tom's Hardware in News followed 1h 51m later. The most recent article, from Latest from Tom's Hardware in News, appeared on 30 October at 13:35 UTC.
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- Intelligence agency misplaced 'a very significant number' of removable drives — storage media have been missing for years, but exact number of lost devices remain unknown Latest from Tom's Hardware in News
- British intelligence agency misplaced 'thousands' of storage devices, years later still can't say how many www.theregister.com