Sellafield security breach

Posted: 31st December 2022

A senior IT worker at the Sellafield nuclear site was sacked for a security breach when

‘classified’ information on USB sticks fell out of her bag in the car park. An
employment tribunal heard Miss L Telford was invited to a meeting with managers
in April 2018 regarding ‘a security matter’. She was told her black mesh bag
had been found in the car park and in it were USB sticks which included data
relating to the Thorp Primary Domain Controller (PDC). Dismissing the unfair
dismissal case, the panel said: ‘One does not have to be an enthusiast of the
history of espionage to be aware of how the smallest of information breaches
can form part of a much wider programme or strategy by a third party body to
undermine sensitive industries such as Sellafield.’

Daily Mail 29th
Dec 2022

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11583071/Worker-nuclear-site-fired-dropping-USB-sticks-unencrypted-classified-information.html


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