[Full-disclosure] Fwd: Home Office Laptop 'Bought On Ebay'

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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

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