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[ISN] 'MI6 terror photographs' found on £17 camera bought on eBay

From: InfoSec News (alertsinfosecnews.org)
Date: Wed Oct 01 2008 - 04:06:07 CDT


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1064589/MI6-terror-photographs-camera-bought-eBay.html

By Daily Mail Reporter
30th September 2008

Police are investigating the eBay auction of a digital camera said to
have contained MI6 images of terror suspects.

Suspects' faces, names and fingerprints, as well as snaps of rocket
launchers and missiles, were discovered by an online bidder who bought
the camera for £17, it was reported.

The 28-year-old only found the images when he downloaded his own recent
holiday snaps from the Nikon CoolPix.

He told police and was shocked when Special Branch officers arrived at
his home in Hemel Hempstead, Herts, days later to seize the camera.

Officers are said to have made five visits to his home in the last week
to quiz him and his family.

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