Server with Top-Secret Data Stolen

An anonymous reader writes "Usually missing information stories are fairly low key; the loss of a few thousand student records is cause for concern for those involved, but hardly national security. This one is slightly different. The company Forensic Telecommunications Services has announced that a server containing 'thousands of top-secret mobile phone records and evidence from undercover terrorism and organized crime investigations' has been stolen. From the article: 'The company — whose clients include Scotland Yard and the Crown Prosecution Service — has assured the public that the server is security protected, and the breach will not compromise ongoing police operations. The information is made up of either old cases that have passed through the judicial process, or cases that are already in the judicial system and so subject to full disclosure to both defense and prosecution teams.'"

Isn't it obvious?

[thatskinnyguy]

I blame the intern! [techdirt.com]

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Good thing I didn't have anything to hide,

[MrMr]

from the Russian mafia.

Re:Just FYI...

[Control Group]

But the British government has been in bed with the US government for years, which means they pretty much do whatever the US tells them to, which means they're pretty much just a US colony, which means that this loss is obviously attributable to FBI negligence, which is clearly linked to the PATRIOT Act, which means that it's the sole responsibility of the current administration - and we all know how Karl Rove likes to publicize secret information; this loss is obviously why he's resigning - which means that George W. Bush wants criminals to go free, so he can further consolidate his power and declare himself interim president for life!!!

CAN'T YOU SEE, MAN? IT'S THE END OF FREEDOM!

Detailed Cell Phone Bill

[sjaguar]

Do this mean that I will finally be able to see a detailed listing of my wife's calls? :)

Protected how?

[hcdejong]

1. Cryptonomicon-style, with a big coil embedded in the door frame of the room where the server was stored (question is, would that even work, without using an MRI as the coil)
2. with a brick of thermite on a proximity detonator inserted into the case
3. boring ol' cryptography

Re:Detailed Cell Phone Bill

[tehcyder]

Do this mean that I will finally be able to see a detailed listing of my wife's calls? :)

It's OK, I recorded them all from my end.

Okay, here's what we've got

[spun]

The Rand Corporation, in conjunction with the saucer people, under the supervision of the reverse vampires, are forcing George W. Bush to go to bed early in a fiendish plot to eliminate the meal of dinner.

We're through the looking glass, people

Re:Just FYI...

[cHiphead]

Oh and ONE MORE! Van Halen just got back together. With David Lee Roth.

END!

Cheers.

Yes, actually. The cat does "got my tongue."

[Impy the Impiuos Imp]

> Usually missing information stories are fairly low key; the loss of a few thousand
> student records is cause for concern for those involved, but hardly national security.

Yeah! The problems of tiny organizations are not really worthy of national, much less international, attention.

> This one is slightly different...'The company -- whose clients include Scotland Yard
> and the Crown Prosecution Service '...

Wait, I thought you said this was slightly different. Sounds like the same class of problems as that of a small school, from the point of view of the $2.1 trillion spending, 15 aircraft carrier battlegroup wielding, moon-landing, shuttle-launching, eh, it's only $500 billion for this war, that savings & loan bailout, that geezer drug benefit cha-CHING-ing nation.