mi6

Saturday, May 2, 2009
Peripherals

UK’s MI6 Scrapped Multi-Million Dollar Undercover Operation Because of Lost USB Drive

12:00PM Adrian Covert | You’d think MI6 agents would handle top-secret data more carefully than on memory stick in a purse, right? Well that purse was left behind on a train in 2006, compromising a multi-million dollar drug operation. More »
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Friday, April 17, 2009
Random Stuff

Want to Be the Real Q? Apply Here

9:25PM Jesus Diaz | If you want to be the gadget inventor for Her Majesty’s Intelligence Service, the MI5—British Military Intelligence Section 5— is actually offering the real post now. The best thing: It’s part-time. More »
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Cameras

MI6 Camera With Secret Images Bought on eBay for $US30

10:15PM Jesus Diaz | A Nikon Coolpix camera belonging to the MI6–the British equivalent of the CIA–was sold on eBay for $US30 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. More »
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