A laptop containing personal information on about 600,000 people was stolen from an officer in the Royal Navy, the U.K.’s Ministry of Defense said on Friday.
The laptop contained information about new and potential recruits to the Royal Marines, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, and was stolen in Birmingham last week, the ministry said.
The stolen data includes passport details, national insurance numbers, family details and doctors’ addresses for people who submitted an application to the forces, the ministry said. The laptop also contained bank details for at least 3,500 people.
They didn’t say whether the data was encrypted.
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