A Nikon Coolpix camera belonging to the MI6—the British equivalent of the CIA—was sold on eBay for $30 with images of al Qaeda suspects, fingerprints, names, rocket launchers, and missiles inside. That’s bad enough, but it gets worse: the camera also contained top secret information that may compromise the security of James Bonds in the field.
For some reason, alongside these images there was a top secret document containing details on the encrypted computer system used by MI6 agents while conducting operations abroad. Some of the other images were related to this man, Abdul al-Hadi al-Iraqi, a top al Qaeda terrorist captured by the CIA in 2007.
Apparently, the eBay bidder found the pictures after downloading his vacation photos to his computer. The Foreign Office and the police are conducting an investigation, but for now, nobody has a clue about how the camera ended up on eBay.
Nobody has a clue…..except Clouseau!
“Military Intelligence” is both an OXYMORON AND A NON-SEQUITOR !!!
What? No compromising pics of Dr. Molly Warmflash? Aw, shucks.
The problem with 99% of these stories is that the buyer is usually Joe Nobody, who’s glad to give the camera back and didn’t even know what he had.
The 1% doesn’t make the story interesting.
I never though someone could make the CIA look good!
Typical.
How did they fit rocket launchers and missiles in a camera? Talk about a James Bond gadget. I hope Q gets paid overtime.
The lights will be burning late on the South Bank.
Very simple. The camera was stolen. I’d bet that it was taken from a car, probably with a laptop too.
The camera was then fenced and sold for cold hard cash. I’d bet the eBay seller might have the laptop for sale too, which would contains LOTS of interesting stuff.
It was probably left in a cab or on a train. What gets me is the buyer apparently didn’t examine what was on the memory card when he got it, or format it first thing as a defense against viruses, trojans, etc.
Don’t ya jes hate it when your stolen camera end up on eBay and the contents are in headlines around the world.