Secret UK Terror Data Sold on eBay!
- added September 30, 2008
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A camera sold on Ebay contained photos and confidential records of MI6 terror suspects. Photographs, fingerprints and confidential documents relating to suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists were allegedly found in the memory of the second-hand Nikon Coolpix camera, which was bought on the auction site for only £17.
The confidential files were discovered after the buyer downloaded his holiday photos. He immediately reported the files to the police, who initially treated it as a joke. However, the police subsequently descended on the man's home, seizing his computer and camera equipment.
A spokesman for Hertfordshire Police said: "We can confirm we seized a camera after a member of the public reported it. Intelligence officers are investigating."
The news is hardly likely to help MI6's recruitment drive, which it was revealed earlier this week, saw the intelligence service place adverts on Facebook. The extraordinary leak also comes just a day after it was announced that a Cabinet Office official who left top secret documents on a train is to be charged under the Official Secrets Act.
The confidential files were discovered after the buyer downloaded his holiday photos. He immediately reported the files to the police, who initially treated it as a joke. However, the police subsequently descended on the man's home, seizing his computer and camera equipment.
A spokesman for Hertfordshire Police said: "We can confirm we seized a camera after a member of the public reported it. Intelligence officers are investigating."
The news is hardly likely to help MI6's recruitment drive, which it was revealed earlier this week, saw the intelligence service place adverts on Facebook. The extraordinary leak also comes just a day after it was announced that a Cabinet Office official who left top secret documents on a train is to be charged under the Official Secrets Act.
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- SushiBandit
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