Secret files found on MP3 player
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Secret files found on MP3 player
New Zealand man purchased a used MP3 player from an Oklahoma thrift store "at a bargain basement price," then was shocked when he discovered secret U.S. military files when he tried to download music from the player to his laptop. "The 60 files on the player contained the names and personal details of American soldiers, including ones who served in Afghanistan and Iraq," a New Zealand paper reports. "There was also information about equipment deployed to bases and a mission briefing." A reporter at a New Zealand TV station confirmed the files by calling the cell phone number of one of the soldiers listed in the file. The soldier promptly hung up after she explained why she had called. CNN's John Zarrella said that Pentagon officials were aware of the report, but couldn't comment until they investigate. Nearly three years ago,The Los Angeles Times and The Associated Press reported that computer memory drives containing US military data were smuggled out of the main American air base at Bagram, north of Kabul, and were being sold at a nearby Afghan bazaar. "The government isn't doing a good job of protecting the information that it collects," Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington complains to CNN.
YouTube | January 28, 2009
