Mobile devices lost in London underline security risk
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Businesses are being urged to recognise the potential security risks of lost mobile phones and computing devices in the latest report from think tank Parliament Street.
According to the report, 25,690 mobile devices were lost on tubes, trains and buses in London between April 2017 and April 2018.
The report warned that lost mobile devices pose a risk for UK businesses, in terms of fraudulent activity, identity verification and data security. The report, entitled Identity crisis: The risks of personal device security, revealed that the most often lost device was mobiles phones, with 23,453 handsets ending up in lost property over the course of a year.
