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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-10910170

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BBC laptops and mobiles worth £241,019 were lost or stolen over the past two years, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.

The corporation's staff reported the loss of 146 laptops, 65 mobile phones and 17 Blackberry devices between April 2008 and March this year.

Computer security firm Absolute Software, who put in the request, said staff needed to be more careful.

A BBC spokeswoman said the corporation took any thefts very seriously.

Clearly not taking the losses seriously enough.

It is interesting that the request came from a security firm. Clearly looking for potential business. Though with the size of the BBC it is not unexpected.

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Mon Aug 09, 2010 11:34 am
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I wonder how the security firm justified the request :|

Maybe the laptops were all Macbooks like on all the BBC progs ;)

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I wonder how the security firm justified the request :|

Probably because it is a publicly funded body.

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pcernie wrote:
I wonder how the security firm justified the request :|

Probably because it is a publicly funded body.


Do you have to worry about 'a conflict of interest'? Or can it just be 'Signed, Mickey Mouse', I wonder?

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Yes but once they have collated that information by making it public they stop any company gaining commercial advantage from the information.

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Mon Aug 09, 2010 1:08 pm
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Yes but once they have collated that information by making it public they stop any company gaining commercial advantage from the information.


It was the free advertising by getting their name in countless articles I was thinking about :evil:

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I doubt that they will get much extra business out of it.

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I wonder how many were stolen and how many were "stolen" (ie taken home for own use or sold on)?

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I wonder how many were stolen and how many were "stolen" (ie taken home for own use or sold on)?

Probably a few.

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