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(BlackBerry + UK cabinet data) – attention = theft

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The BBC is reporting that a Sheffield Hallam University journalism student made a rather juicy purchase from a homeless man: a BlackBerry containing “the personal details of cabinet ministers, top civil servants and police officers:”

Journalism student Darryl Curtis said it held hundreds of phone numbers, with data which led him to think it belonged to an ex-Sheffield council chief.

Details of cabinet ministers including Ed Balls and David Miliband were on the BlackBerry, said Mr Curtis, 44.

Police believe it was stolen from a car and that they have traced the owner.

Curtis purchased the device after the homeless man informed him that the device held “the numbers for Tony Blair and Buckingham Palace.” However, the fun doesn’t stop at just phone numbers, folks…

Mr Blair’s number was not stored on the device. However, Mr Curtis said he found the National Insurance number, home address and computer passwords of a former chief executive of Sheffield City Council.

Score! I wonder where else those passwords are used. Anyway, STOP LEAVING YOUR MOBILE DEVICE IN YOUR CAR. That is all.

Full article (news.bbc.co.uk)

(CC licensed image from Marvin Kuo)

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