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Military Secrets for Sale on Stolen USB Drives

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the find-the-battleship dept.

nTrfAce writes "Per a BBC Article, "US forces in Afghanistan are checking reports that stolen computer hardware containing military secrets is being sold at a market beside a big US base. Shopkeepers at a market next to Bagram base, outside Kabul, have been selling memory drives stolen from the facility, the Los Angeles Times newspaper says.""

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  1. More details in the original LA Times article by rchatterjee · · Score: 5, Informative

    The BBC article is based on a LA Times article which contains more details like the fact that on the thumb drives they found a list of soldier's SSNs which which they were able to track down the soldier's home addresses.

    Original LA Times article