CheltenhamGovernment Communications Headquarters cannot account for thousands of storage devices.
Some may hold data gathered under the Investigatory Powers Act’s interception and hacking powers.
The Investigatory Powers Commissioner’s Office says the agency still has not established the scale, location or recoverability of the losses.
The report does not allege any device reached adversaries, and the agency declined to say whether anyone gained access.
Neither the agency nor the report says whether its audit counted the missing devices.
How each outlet framed it
- The Record leans critical
- stresses that GCHQ's removable-media losses may include data gathered under interception and hacking powers, and that GCHQ declined to say whether unauthorised access occurred
Sources: The Record