Entries on the computer included passport details, national insurance numbers, drivers’ licence details, family details, doctors’ addresses and NHS numbers, the MoD said.The MoD statement said: “The information held is not the same for every individual. In some cases, for casual inquiries, the record is no more than a name.”But, for those who progressed as far as submitting an application to join the forces, extensive personal data may be held.”The MoD is said to be treating the data breach with the “utmost seriousness” and will write to the 3,500 whose bank details were on the database.Banks have already been informed so that the accounts involved can be monitored for any fraudulent activity.Liberal Democrat defence spokesman Nick Harvey said: “For the details of people in such sensitive positions to vanish like this defies belief.”It must be established as soon as possible how this could have happened and what the potential security implications are.”Defence secretary Des Browne is due to make a statement to parliament on the issue at “the earliest opportunity”.
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