Eircom has announced that in December a number of company laptops were stolen. The laptops, which contain information of almost 7000 employees and customers were not encrypted.

Financial information, passport copies & driving licences comprise some of the data that was stored on the devices.

While there is currently no evidence that the information has been used fraudulently, in the right (or wrong as the case may be) hands, this kind of information could be a little goldmine for criminals.

Eircom have announced that they are currently reviewing encryption policies for mobile devices.