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Man Jailed For Refusing To Reveal USB Password

Posted by timothy on from the oh-yeah-forgot-to-mention dept.

judgecorp writes "Syed Hussain, already serving time for helping to plot attacks against UK targets, got another four months for refusing to divulge the password of a USB stick the police and GCHQ wanted to examine. The USB was believed to contain data about a suspected fraud unconnected with national security, and Hussain claimed to have forgotten it under stress, He later remembered it and it turned out to be a password he had used on other systems investigated by the police."

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  1. Re:Cry me a fucking river... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Chalk said the USB contained material linking the defendant to an alleged fraud. He added that it was only when investigators told Hussain he was being investigated for fraud that he gave up the password. Investigations into the alleged fraud are ongoing.

    The memory stick did not contain any information on potential threats to national security.