Stolen USB stick contained police investigation details

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http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/07/28/stolen-usb-stick-contained-police-investigation-details/

Stolen USB stick contained police investigation details
by Graham Cluley on July 28, 2011

Greater Manchester Police have warned that sensitive information about an 
ongoing criminal investigation was contained on a USB memory stick stolen 
from an officer's home in Oldham, UK.

The officer has been suspended, pending an investigation, and the matter 
has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission and the 
Information Commissioner.

One big question which has to be answered is - was the personal data 
contained on the USB stick encrypted?

According to the BBC News report, it may not have been password-protected 
suggesting that encryption was not being used.

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