Mp3-player with military secrects has been sold in the USA
Posted: February 2nd, 2009 | Tags: Privacy |In the United States it has been sold a second-hand МР3-player with a lot of secret military information inside.
As it is informed, the player has come into the hands of the inhabitant of New Zealand Chris Ogle which has purchased it for 18 dollars in one of second-hand shops in Oklahoma. 29-year-old buyer was very surprised, when, after connecting the device to the computer, he has detected about 60 files with the information which has been not intended for extraneous eyes. In documents phones and numbers of social insurance of the American soldiers who were in Afghanistan and Iraq, engineering lists on military bases and even the short description of one of military missions have been specified.
The majority of the files written in memory of the player is dated 2005. Nevertheless some personal data of soldiers is actual till now, therefore, can pose threat of a personal security of military men.
Why all it has not been erased before player sale — a riddle. Chris says that under the first requirement is ready to transfer a player to the authorities for investigation carrying out.
Let’s notice that it’s not the first time when the confidential data gets thus to casual people. In 2006 the American special services have gained a stolen flesh-charm with the information on operations in Afghanistan.
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