Data on U.S. military's Iraqi operations leaked onto Internet

[sabra]

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/11/30/D8LNDQ3G0.html

Data on U.S. military's Iraqi operations leaked onto Internet+

Internal data such as information concerning U.S. military operations in Iraq have recently been leaked to the Internet from a privately owned personal computer of an Air Self-Defense Force member loaded with a file sharing software, ASDF investigations have shown.

The information on transport operations and personnel deployment of the U.S. military in Iraq in June and July was given as confidential data from the U.S. military and its leak could have posed a serious threat to the safety of foreign troops operating in Iraq. The ASDF said, "The situation has changed from the time then and it will therefore have no impact."

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The first lieutenant took a privately owned notebook PC there and used it in his official duties without authorization, the agency said.

After returning to Japan, the first lieutenant copied the information in question to an external hard disk drive, which he hooked up with another privately owned PC loaded with the file sharing software Winny apparently infected with a computer virus, according to the agency.

The leak drew the attention of Internet users who posted items about the data on a bulletin board, which prompted the ASDF to investigate the case.

[Tight_rope]

1. Well...So much for security.

[Kagemusha]

2. Hey, normally the author would've plugged the security hole

But Japan like, arrested him, and he's not issuing updates from a jail cell.