A MINISTRY of Defence laptop containing “sensitive information” stolen from the Britannia Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool has been recovered, police have said.
A Ministry of Defence (MoD) spokesman said the theft from an official checking out of the Liverpool hotel brought the total number of laptops stolen to 659 during the past four years.
Merseyside Police said no-one had been arrested in connection with the theft of the laptop, which was found by officers. Police could not confirm how or where the laptop was found.
He said: “The recovery of the laptop was the end result of a joint operation between the MoD and police that has been running since the laptop was taken last week.”
A spokeswoman for the MoD said: “The information on the laptop was encrypted and we will be investigating.”
On Friday last week the MoD admitted 658 of its laptops had been stolen over the past four years.
The department also said 26 portable memory sticks containing classified information had been either stolen or misplaced since January.
However, the MoD insisted its policies are “generally fit for purpose”.
