Server with Top-Secret Data Stolen

An anonymous reader writes "Usually missing information stories are fairly low key; the loss of a few thousand student records is cause for concern for those involved, but hardly national security. This one is slightly different. The company Forensic Telecommunications Services has announced that a server containing 'thousands of top-secret mobile phone records and evidence from undercover terrorism and organized crime investigations' has been stolen. From the article: 'The company — whose clients include Scotland Yard and the Crown Prosecution Service — has assured the public that the server is security protected, and the breach will not compromise ongoing police operations. The information is made up of either old cases that have passed through the judicial process, or cases that are already in the judicial system and so subject to full disclosure to both defense and prosecution teams.'"

Comments

Top secret public records?

[mmarlett]

Which is it: Top secret phone records or information that has already been released in court cases? It doesn't seem like the two are the same.

I could sure trust them

[faloi]

Except that their physical security is apparently so poor that I can't imagine their data security is much better.

"All the data is protected, as long as the thieves don't look at the password sticker hidden inside the case."