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  • VIDEO: MoD warns of Facebook dangers. internet, online, facebook, mod, Security,  0

    VIDEO: MoD warns of Facebook dangers

    Online security campaign launched 15 June 2011 15:23 GMT

    The Ministry of Defence has launched an online campaign, primarily aimed at serviceman and women and their families, warning them of the dangers of social networking.

    Two videos have been released on the MoD's Facebook and YouTube pages, the...

  • MoD data crisis deepens. Hardware, Software, MoD 0

    MoD data crisis deepens

    From 100,000 to 1.7 million forces recruits affected 15 October 2008 12:28 GMT

    A data loss scandal originally estimated to have affected 100,000 potential armed forces recruits has now been revealed to be far worse than the MoD initially admitted.

    A hard drive that went missing from MoD subcontractor has now been revealed...

  • MoD Grand Challenge showcases robots of war. Gadgets, Robots, MoD 0

    MoD Grand Challenge showcases robots of war

    Terminators... 21 August 2008 17:32 GMT

    Surveillance robots that look like insects, robots that crawl like spiders up walls, and autonomous helicopters were all amongst the robots competing in the Ministry of Defence's Grand Challenge competition.

    The competition took place at...

  • MoD losing a laptop every 2 days. Hardware, Laptops, MoD 0

    MoD losing a laptop every 2 days

    659 stolen in 4 years 23 July 2008 12:04 GMT

    The MoD has admitted to losing an astonishing 659 laptops since 2004.

    And this is just the machines that were reported stolen.

    A further 89 were simply reported as lost.

    The 659th stolen laptop belonged to an MoD...

  • MoD warns Facebook generation about security. Software, Online, Facebook, MoD, Bebo, MySpace 0

    MoD warns Facebook generation about security

    New recruits are lax, say Forces 26 June 2008 10:25 GMT

    The Ministry of Defence has warned of an increasingly blase attitude towards data security amongst what it terms the "Facebook generation".

    In a new report, the MoD says that it has noted that young armed forces recruits do not take data...

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