U.S. Military Buys Back Data From Afghans
A handful of memory sticks are displayed at the bazaar outside the U.S. military
base in Bagram, Afghanistan, on Wednesday.
Image source: MSNBC / Shoaib Amin / AP
base in Bagram, Afghanistan, on Wednesday.
Image source: MSNBC / Shoaib Amin / AP
An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:
American investigators armed with a “box full” of cash have paid thousands of dollars to buy back stolen computer drives — many of which contain sensitive military data, shopkeepers outside the main U.S. military base in Afghanistan said Friday.More here.
But dozens are still on sale, including memory sticks with information ranging from U.S. troop resumes to photographs of Air Force One during President Bush’s visit last month.
The surfacing of the stolen computer devices has sparked an urgent probe to discover how security could have been breached at the heavily guarded Bagram base, which coordinates the fight against Taliban and al-Qaida militants and includes one of the military’s main detention facilities for suspected terrorists.
posted by Fergie @ 4/14/2006 03:15:00 PM
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