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Date: Thu Oct 30 2008 - 00:02:28 CDT

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http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/3799674.Colchester__Thieves_steal_MoD_computer/

By Emily Parsons
Gazette
29th October 2008

A MINISTRY of Defence laptop was stolen from a car in Colchester.

Thieves smashed a window in a black Mitsubishi car, parked outside the
married quarters at the barracks in Aisne Road.

A laptop computer, owned by the Ministry of Defence (MOD), an army
jacket and some personal items were stolen.

A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence Police confirmed that one of
their computers had been stolen, but insisted it was not as serious as
it may appear.

He said: "The laptop computer was not encrypted, but was only used for
unclassified information" It did not contain any sensitive or personal
data.

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