Filing cabinets containing thousands of classified documents from the Australian government ended up being sold at a secondhand shop, prompting government officials Wednesday to launch an investigation into how the highly sensitive documents were disposed of.
The cache of documents was obtained by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, which reported the two cabinets were sold by a Canberra furniture shop at a discount price because they were locked and no one could find keys." http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/01/31/top-secret-files-left-in-filing-cabinets-sold-at-second-hand-shop.html
Nearly all the files are classified, some as "top secret" or "AUSTEO", which means they are to be seen by Australian eyes only.
But the ex-government furniture sale was not limited to Australians — anyone could make a purchase. And had they been inclined, there was nothing stopping them handing the contents to a foreign agent or government.
(Score: 2) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Thursday February 01 2018, @08:09PM (2 children)
AUSTEO.... Does that mean that Australia's intelligence services are bad
to the bone?
*rimshot*
This sig for rent.
(Score: 1) by DECbot on Thursday February 01 2018, @08:15PM (1 child)
No, I think it means all Australians are part of their intelligence service.
cats~$ sudo chown -R us /home/base
(Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Thursday February 01 2018, @11:24PM
Not all of them.
Only the ones with OSTEO, mate, only those.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford