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UK oversight body says spy agency GCHQ cannot account for thousands of storage devices
The IPCO's 2025 annual report says the British spy agency GCHQ cannot account for thousands of data storage devices and criticizes the time it took to investigate the matter.
According to the feed coverage from The Record, in machine translation, the Investigatory Powers Commissioner's Office (IPCO) published its 2025 annual report on a Thursday. The body says it is very concerned about thousands of unaccounted-for data storage devices at the British spy agency GCHQ. The IPCO also says it is disappointed with how long the agency took to investigate the matter. The source text does not give the exact number of devices, their types, or any measures taken.
For readers following security and governance, the case shows why an inventory of storage media and devices is an essential part of data control. This bulletin gives no technical recommendation on the case and does not claim that Rota Nacional solves this problem. To verify the information, consult the IPCO's annual report directly on the body's official website and compare it with the original coverage by The Record, which the source cites.