Heathrow airport has been fined £120,000 by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) for a data breach after an employee lost a USB flash drive containing sensitive information.
According to the ICO, a member of the public found the USB stick in October last year. The device contained 76 folders with more than 1,000 files and was not encrypted or password protected.
The ICO says the person who found the USB stick was able to view the information at a local library.
An earlier report in the Mirror newspaper claimed the USB stick contained national security details such as a timetable of patrols that was used to guard the airport against terror attacks and the exact route the Queen took when using the airport. However, the ICO would not confirm if this information was leaked or not.
Collected and summarized from the source below by Giang Tan
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