Ex-German Army Laptop Filled With Secrets Sold On eBay For $100

Classified documents on an old Bundeswehr laptop about the Ozelot air defense system. Der Spiegel

Sputnik: Ex-German Army Laptop Sold on eBay Told Buyer How to Destroy Ozelot Air Defense System

An old laptop once used by the German Army was recently sold on eBay, but the sellers forgot to remove its hard drive first. The buyers, fortunately a team of security researchers, found easy access to documents instructing them how to destroy the army’s Ozelot air defense system.

When pawning your old computers, remember to remove or wipe the hard drives first! Germany’s Bundeswehr nearly told a random internet buyer how to take down one of its anti-aircraft vehicles; fortunately, the folks who scooped it up were a pair of German security researchers.

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Update #1: German Military Laptop Sold on eBay Included Classified Missile Information (The New York Times)
Update #2: Laptop with classified files sold on eBay in German army blunder (The Telegraph)

WNU Editor: Groan. Another major security leak.

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