Military secrets found on thrift store MP3 player
Posted on January 27, 2009 by Chris
Apparently a tourist from New Zealand picked up a $9 MP3 player in a thrift store in Oklahoma and discovered a few weeks later that it was full of US military data including soldiers names, cell phone numbers and mission briefings.
According to CNN, “The files included the home addresses, Social Security numbers and cell phone numbers of U.S. soldiers. The player also included what appeared to be mission briefings and lists of equipment deployed to hot spots in Afghanistan and Iraq.”
Scary stuff. Yet another reason why high quality encryption should be built into pretty much every electronic gadget that we carry. Unfortunately it is usually an afterthought or difficult to use.
What information do you carry around with you every day that you really wouldn’t want to lose? (hint: check the pictures on your cell phone.
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