Re: Home Office Laptop 'Bought On Ebay'

["worried security" <worriedsecurity () googlemail com>]

On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:07 PM, worried security
<worriedsecurity () googlemail com> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: worried security <worriedsecurity () googlemail com>
> Date: Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 11:01 PM
> Subject: Home Office Laptop 'Bought On Ebay'
> To: n3td3v () googlegroups com
>
>
> Sky sources understand that counter terrorism police are investigating
> the discovery of a Home Office laptop and encrypted data disc -
> apparently bought on eBay.
>
> Sky's Home Affairs correspondent Mark White said: "The Home Office has
> confirmed to me that it is investigating the recovery of a
> confidential data disc.
>
> "On Tuesday afternoon a man took a laptop into a computer shop in the
> Manchester area to try to get it repaired and they found an encrypted
> disc."
>
> Computer shop owner Lee Bevan told Sky News: "This seemed just another
> IT repair. The customer said he had bought it on eBay and seemed quite
> innocent.
>
> "It is just an ordinary laptop. It was only when we opened up the
> keyboard that we found the disc - it had the words Home Office and
> Confidential written on it.
>
> "We put it in the safe and contacted the police. They have been here
> most of the day examining the items and speaking to staff."
>
> More to follow...
>
> http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30100-1307259,00.html

I guess they'll be no laptops left to buy on eBay soon because MI5
have bought them all , *lol*.

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