Three laptops containing the payroll details of over 15,000 police officers
have been stolen from the offices of
Logica
CMG.
Personal details of over half the entire Metropolitan Police force were on
the laptops. Logica CMG handles pay and pensions for the force.
One man has been arrested in Southwark and charged with burglary. The police
said that the thefts took place last Thursday but have only now come to light.
It is not known whether the laptops or the information they contained were
encrypted.
A police spokesman said that the chances of officers being affected were "
minimal" but that the force was in contact with UK fraud prevention service
Cifas, UK
payments trade association
Apacs, and
credit reference agencies.
Logica CMG recently won a seven-year contact to handle police pay and
pensions and beefed up the security in its offices to prevent this kind of data
loss. The company has offered an unreserved apology to the force.
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