Ministry of Defence sees 18 per cent rise in data loss incidents

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There were 546 incidents involving personal data in 2019-20

Personal data loss incidents suffered by the UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD) in 2019-20 increased by 18 per cent compared to the previous year. That is according to official figures from the MoD'...

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