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FC: U.K. royals fret their security info is revealed online
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Mon, 01 Jul 2002 11:19:02 -0400
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_2064000/2064388.stm Tuesday, 25 June, 2002, 10:36 GMT 11:36 UK security details 'listed on web' Police footage of the 2 May disorder at Millwall football club Were security frequencies used by Millwall hooligans? The safety of the Royal Family and top politicians is at risk because classified security details are being published on the internet, it has been revealed. Radio scanning enthusiast Paul Wey is intercepting Special Branch and other communications and publishing their details on internet news groups, BBC Radio 4's Today programme has learned. An intelligence source said Mr Wey was a "menace", whose actions could help terrorists commit atrocities and may have already been used to counter police operations. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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