F1-1966's blog post - Home Office Laptop 'Bought On Ebay
Thursday, February 28, 2008, 3:30:21 PM
A computer repair technician has told Sky News how he discovered a highly confidential Government data disc hidden within an official laptop, which had been sold over eBay. Laptop found in Manchester area Laptop found in Manchester area
Lee Bevan, managing director of Leapfrog Computers near Bolton, said: "A customer brought a laptop into our repair shop. In between the keyboard and the circuit board we found a CD that said Home Office, Highly Confidential."
Mr Bevan immediately contacted the Metropolitan Police in London and officers from the Counter Terror Command in Manchester recovered the equipment.
A Home Office spokeswoman confirmed "Encrypted IT equipment has been handed to Greater Manchester Police.