Senior British Army officer loses BlackBerry in China

"Maj Gen Berragan will have had access and briefing papers on a myriad of secret defence subjects,"

From Telegraph

Major General Gerry Berragan, 51, was reportedly pickpocketed as he travelled by train and immediately notified the Ministry of Defence in London of the theft.

The BlackBerry phone and personal organiser is capable of storing and sending thousands of emails and could have revealed military secrets.

The security breach was considered so serious that the new Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth is said to have been informed and ordered an investigation.[...]

The loss is the latest to afflict the MoD since it was revealed that 700 of the department's laptops were lost in the past five years.

But despite concerns about China overtaking Russia in spying on the West and its military secrets, a senior MoD source told the Sun the BlackBerry theft was not thought to be suspicious.

That makes me feel better. Whats to stop the "pick pocket" from selling the Blackberry to Chinese spy agents?