Defence investigates lost and found memory stick

By

Classified information found on Qantas flight.

A thumb drive reportedly containing 20 classified documents from the Department of Defence was found on a Qantas plane last week.

Defence investigates lost and found memory stick

It was handed into radio station 2GB and recovered by Defence staff on Thursday (photo).

Defence acknowledged the breach on Friday afternoon, announcing that an investigation into the loss of the thumb drive was underway.

According to the department, the memory stick belonged to a former Defence member, who was now a contractor to the department.

The Australian reported that the drive contained documents that were listed as “classified” and “restricted”, and instructions that the contents should not be released to the media.

Defence announced on Friday that none of the information contained on the drive was “highly classified”, and some documents were unclassified and available online.

Got a news tip for our journalists? Share it with us anonymously here.
Copyright © iTnews.com.au . All rights reserved.
Tags:

Most Read Articles

India's alarm over Chinese spying rocks CCTV makers

India's alarm over Chinese spying rocks CCTV makers

Hackers abuse modified Salesforce app to steal data, extort companies

Hackers abuse modified Salesforce app to steal data, extort companies

Cyber companies hope to untangle weird hacker codenames

Cyber companies hope to untangle weird hacker codenames

Victoria's Secret pulls down website amid security incident

Victoria's Secret pulls down website amid security incident

Log In

  |  Forgot your password?