[Archive] Police laptop sold at car-boot sale

[Dissent <Dissent () pogowasright org>]

Scottish police have been embarrassed by the appearance of a 
confidential laptop at a car-boot sale.

The laptop contained road accident crash victim pictures, according 
to the BBC. The Lothian and Borders Police had disposed of the 
unwanted device through a third-party 'specialist' firm, it said. It 
was bought at a Glasgow car-boot sale by a computer engineer. The 
computer's hard drive also held data on 200 police officers, yet the 
system was not password-protected.

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