The Brits Surely Know How To Spread Confidential Data

Posted by Martin in Security  Tags: , , , , ,

30

Sep



Living in the United Kingdom surely has its bright sides, you got the IT Crowd, Cider and James Bond. On the downside British government officials have been known for their lax data privacy behavior. More than one incident came to light where data of millions of British citizens landed in the wrong hands.

James Bond on the other hand would be ashamed of the most recent incident. A 28-year old delivery men thought that he made the bargain of his life by purchasing a Nikon Coolpix camera for roughly $30 on eBay.

Imagine his surprised look when he found out that the camera was filled to the brim with top secret information from Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service. According to Techcrunch the camera was filled with information about “al-Qaeda cells, names, images of suspected terrorists and weapons, fingerprint information, and log-in details for the Secret Service’s computer network, containing a “Top Secret” marking”.

This incident leads to two conclusions: Even if politicians claim that there will be no data privacy leaks they can and will happen. The second is that it will happen again. One only wonders how many hard drives and other storage devices have been sold with sensitive information on them.


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iampriteshdesai says:

James Bond is the most shitty detective in the world. Every body knows his name.
He probably sold off the camera so he could get xxx in return

Jonathan says:

Just had to say I posted this article on neowin.net because I found it very funny! keep up the great info Martin!

Dante says:

There is a reason why the sun has set on the empire: inbreeding leads to mumbling imbecility. Brit idea of an intelligent conversation: mumble mumble mumble haw kaw mumble mumble bla mumble mumble…

Rupert says:

Inbreeding? Hah! You obviously haven’t been to the inner states in the US. Yes, we do have our inbreds, but in the big cities, in the nicer parts, we iz all modern init.

Yeah, there truly is something wrong with security of personal data in the UK. This must be the fourth such info leak in two years. I think it mostly boils down to the Government’s overuse of Consultants and third party bodies to do work for it.

Dante says:

Have you taken a closer look at your public servants? They all look the same. It’s as if they’re all spawned from the same sow.

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