Security News > 2009 > April > Cabinet data on stolen BlackBerry
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7994850.stm BBC News 11 April 2009 A BlackBerry sold by a homeless man to a student has been found to contain the personal details of cabinet ministers, top civil servants and police officers. Journalism student Darryl Curtis said it held hundreds of phone numbers, with data which led him to think it belonged to an ex-Sheffield council chief. Details of cabinet ministers including Ed Balls and David Miliband were on the BlackBerry, said Mr Curtis, 44. Police believe it was stolen from a car and that they have traced the owner. Mr Curtis, who is studying at Sheffield Hallam University, told the Sheffield Star he had bought the device while working on an assignment about homelessness. [...] _______________________________________________ Best Selling Security Books and More! http://www.shopinfosecnews.org/