Used MP3 Player Comes With Secret Military Files

topics:

Mobile

pcworld.com - 1/27/2009

Used MP3 Player Comes With Secret Military Files

—

Apparently you can pick up outdated U.S. military files for less than $10. That's what happened to New Zealand's Chris Ogle when he bought a used MP3 player for $9 in Oklahoma. The 29 year old then took his new device home and synced it to his computer, only to discover that it contained U.S. ...

news.smh.com.au - 1/26/2009

NZ man finds US army files on MP3 player

— news.smh.com.au — A New Zealand man has found confidential United States military files on an MP3 player he bought... at an op shop in the US. Chris Ogle, 29, from Whangarei, bought the player from an Oklahoma thrift shop for $NZ18 ($A14.50), and found the files when he ... (more) NZ man finds US army files on MP3 player

Comments vote down Engadget found this 1/26/2009found this

abc.net.au - 1/27/2009

NZ man finds US military files on MP3 player - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

— abc.net.au — Email NZ man finds US military files on MP3 player Posted January 26, 2009 20:13:00 Updated January... 26, 2009 20:12:00 A New Zealand man has found confidential US military files on an MP3 player he bought in an Oklahoma thrift shop, it has been ... (more) NZ man finds US military files on MP3 player - ABC News ...

Comments vote down InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs found this 1/27/2009found this

axionpower.com - 1/30/2009

Military Applications

— axionpower.com — Axion recently received a $1.2 Million grant to develop advanced lead acid batteries for Marine Corps and... Navy vehicle applications. Axion is working to develop higher power starting batteries with better cold temperature performance based on Axion's ... (more) Military Applications

Comments vote down GigaOM Network found this 1/30/2009found this

Blog Reactions

L.A. Times Tech Blog: Around the Web 1.27.09: Today's predictions include extinct emperor penguins, Skype sale and Kindle 2.0

InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs: New Zealand Man Buys MP3 Player, Gets 60 Pages Of Sensitive U.S. Military Data

Yahoo! Tech Advisors: Report: 99% of recycled cell phones still contain owner data

Comments

Leave a Comment

Blog Reactions

Around the Web 1.27.09: Today's predictions include extinct emperor penguins, Skype sale and Kindle 2.0
L.A. Times Tech Blog — ... CEO rings up rumors about a Skype sale. Times of London -- Apple is awarded a patent for the iPhone interface. Slashdot -- Is Kindle 2.0 being unveiled at Amazon's Feb. 9 press conference? CrunchGear -- The new White House website gets a review. Washington Post -- Used MP3 player sold for nine bucks contained a bonus: U.S. military files. PCWorld -- No TV until you play your online game! Start-up lures kids to learn math ...

New Zealand Man Buys MP3 Player, Gets 60 Pages Of Sensitive U.S. Military Data
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... . "While the discovery may prove embarrassing to U.S. officials, the outdated files seem to be of little consequence to national security. However, personal information like Social Security and phone numbers could have put individual soldiers at risk for identity theft and personal harm," notes PC World , which adds that U.S. investigators in Afghanistan in 2006 bought stolen flash drives with military information outside Bagram base, a major U.S. military outpost, and the Defense Department later banned use of USB storage devices. The Obama administration has ambitious plans ...

Report: 99% of recycled cell phones still contain owner data
Yahoo! Tech Advisors — ... The reports of owners purchasing used or refurbished cell phones and other gadgets and finding sensitive material on them have become so commonplace they're no longer eyebrow-raising in the slightest. Why, last week a New Zealand man bought a used MP3 player for about 10 bucks... and was bemused to find it preloaded with U.S. military records and personnel data for troops stationed in the Middle East. In December, an old BlackBerry sold at a ...