New Zealander Buys MP3 Player, Finds Classified US Army Files
While used and refurb’d electronics have a long history of delivering more than the purchaser bargained for, New Zealand man Chris Ogle’s surprise find is a little more troubling. He picked up the above unidentified MP3 player at a thrift shop in Oklahoma for $18 used. On it were 60 files, many of which appear to be US Army property of a confidential nature, including lists of soldier names, SSNs, phone numbers, and a mission plan.
“One of the first rules of military endeavour is not to give the opposition anything whatsoever that they could use to compromise your position, in any way at all,” says Peter Cozens of Strategic Studies at Victoria University.
Sadly, the Government is choosing to ignore this little security breach, but we think it should step up and make Mr. Ogle an offer. He’s likely to let the thing go cheap thanks to a second unfortunate discovery: it doesn’t even play music any more.
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