<http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/01/30/dutch_classified_info_found_on_kazaa/print.html> The Register Biting the hand that feeds IT The Register ; Security ; Classified Dutch military documents found on Kazaa By Jan Libbenga (libbenga at yahoo.com) Published Sunday 30th January 2005 22:16 GMT At least 75 pages of highly classified information about human traffickers from the Dutch Royal Marechaussee - a service of the Dutch armed forces that is responsible for guarding the Dutch borders - have been leaked to the controversial weblog Geen Stijl (No Style). The documents, whicn contain phone numbers and tapped conversations, were found unencrypted on Kzaa, the public file sharing service. The likeliest explanation for their appearance is that a member Dutch Royal Marechaussee worked on the documents from home and unintentionally shared his entire hard drive with the rest of the world, through Kazaa. Initially, Geen Stijl (http://www.geenstijl.nl) wanted to reveal juicy details from the leaked documents, but backed off in the face of legal threats by the Public Prosecutor. The weblog says it will co-operate fully with investigators. The disclosure of the classified documents is yet another security lapse for the Dutch public prosecutor's office. In October last year, a leading Dutch prosecutor resigned after he throwing out his old PC with the rubbish. The hard disk contained hundreds of pages of confidential information about high profile crime cases, as well as his credit card number, social security number and personal tax files. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'