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Confidential Home Office CD found hidden in laptop sold on eBay

BBC News: Home Office CD in auction laptop

A highly confidential Home Office disk was found hidden in a laptop computer sold on eBay.

The CD was found between the keyboard and circuit board of the laptop by computer repair technicians in Westhoughton, near Bolton.

This is an odd story because it is a mystery how it would end up being hidden inside the laptop. However it’s not all bad news because unlike other recent security lapses in this case the repair technicians discovered that the data on the CD had been encrypted.

By Matt Wharton

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