Hurrah!

[caramel_betty]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7459579.stm A personal computer holding sensitive documents relating to defence and extremism has been stolen from Hazel Blears' constituency office in Salford

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[burkesworks]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I'm sure that hoiho, at least, will join me in that sentiment.

AOL on that one. Sadly I get the feeling that Blears is unflushable.

[adelpha]

Oh, good grief. Any word on whether the contents of the hard drive were encrypted? Assuming her password isn't something like 'iwuvgordie', that is.

Resigning would mean that she takes some kind of responsibility, and I'm not sure I can really see that happening with the current lot.

[funnynamehere]

Her password is probably 'password'.

[caramel_betty]

Bottom of the report claims the contents of the PC were "protected". Previous reports on this sort of thing often mix up: Windows passwords, file or hard drive encryption, and the effectiveness of those when the password is stuck to the monitor.

[kelemvor]

FFS!
Did she think that "sensitive documents" meant not washing the computer in biological detergent or something?

[caramel_betty]

Did she think

This is Hazel Blears. The rest of your sentence was unnecessary.

[nja]

"sensitive documents relating to defence and extremism" could mean something she downloaded from the US Department of Defense website, judging by recent events.