Tokyo Police Anti-Terrorism Data Leaked Over Internet

November 03 2010

Japan

Sensitive Japanese police documents related to international terrorism, including personal information on informants and suspects, have leaked onto the Internet, reports the Asahi Shimbun.

What was called highly confidential information from more than 100 documents apparently leaked through file-sharing software, said sources at Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Dept.

Police said they were studying the documents and questioning officers involved in order to determine how the leak...

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