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British army officer loses Blackberry in China
A senior Army officer lost his BlackBerry mobile phone while on holiday in China, sparking a security alert back in the UK.
Major General Gerry Berragan was reportedly pickpocketed as he traveled by train and immediately notified the Ministry of Defence (MoD) in London of the theft.
The BlackBerry phone and personal organiser is capable of storing and sending thousands of emails and could have revealed military secrets.
The security breach was considered so serious that the new Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth is said to have been informed and ordered an investigation.
Berragan, who is the Director General of Army Recruiting and Training and has served in Iraq, Northern Ireland and Kosovo, is understood to be the highest ranking officer ever to have been involved in such a security breach.
The loss is the latest to afflict the MoD since it was revealed that 700 of the department’s laptops were lost in the past five years.
“Maj Gen Berragan will have had access and briefing papers on a myriad of secret defence subjects,” said a security source.
But despite concerns about China overtaking Russia in spying on the West and its military secrets, a senior MoD source said that the BlackBerry theft was not thought to be suspicious.
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