UK’s MI6 loses digital camera filled with al-Qaeda info. Worse, it was sold on eBay
- September 30th, 2008
- 13 Comments
Some clumsy Briton at MI6 has lost a Nikon digital camera that’s filled to the brim with all sorts of sensitive information, including info on al-Qaeda. What’s worse, not that losing the camera isn’t bad enough, but that it was sold on eBay.
Yup, the missing Nikon is loaded with info on al-Qaeda, including names, finger prints and academic records.
Oh, and the camera was sold for the low, low price of £17, or just under $31.
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diem (Who am I?)
2 months ago
Ahem, Daniel Craig was absolutely smoking in the last one. He brought it to a whole different level. I’d add him in to the same category as Connery.
Michael (Who am I?)
2 months ago
Pictures, and Video from the camera are NOT on this website…
…http://ajwilsons.com/ninja
Dan (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Spam
Michael (Who am I?)
2 months ago
Why did they use a Nikon? Shouldn’t they be using a Leica?
Jack (Who am I?)
2 months ago
England, the land of warm beer, cold soup and a habit of needing American help with damn near everything.
Jack
text (Who am I?)
2 months ago
@Jack
..that’ll also be the Great Britain that has unilaterally backed the US in their “war on terror” then will it, whose soldiers die on a daily basis in Afghanistan …… you muppet
Mwewe (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Missing in the reports is comment that the good citizen who tried to bring this to the attention of the authorities was rather severely punished for his good deed. His camera and computer were seized, and he and his family were told not to talk to the media. I don’t know how the story finally got out, nor if he got his computer and camera back. It makes me wonder what I’d do if it happened to me — maybe just destroying the camera would be best? If you report it you lose your computer? Without more information to show otherwise, it looks like reporting such a breach gets you into trouble.
Mwewe (Who am I?)
1 month ago
Missing in the reports is comment that the good citizen who tried to bring this to the attention of the authorities was rather severely punished for his good deed. His camera and computer were seized, and he and his family were told not to talk to the media. I don’t know how the story finally got out, nor if he got his computer and camera back. It makes me wonder what I’d do if it happened to me — maybe just destroying the camera would be best? If you report it you lose your computer? Without more information to show otherwise, it looks like reporting such a breach gets you into trouble.