By Mia Alberti, CNN
Defense officials are investigating after an employee from the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) lost several “sensitive” documents that were later found by a member of the public, a ministry spokesperson said.
The action follows a BBC report that the papers were found at a bus stop in Kent, southeast England.
“The Ministry of Defence was informed last week of an incident in which sensitive defence papers were recovered by a member of the public,” the spokesperson told CNN in a statement on Sunday.
“The department takes the security of information extremely seriously and an investigation has been launched. The employee concerned reported the loss at the time.”
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