Serious security breach hits Europol

FanJ · Mar 27, 2024

Politico - March 27, 2024 4:00 am CET
Serious security breach hits EU police agency
https://www.politico.eu/article/eur...ency-engulfed-in-clean-up-over-missing-files/

Disappearance of sensitive files of top law enforcement officials has sparked a crisis at Europol.
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They were supposed to be under lock and key, in a secure storage room deep inside Europol's headquarters in The Hague.
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"On Sep. 6, 2023, the Europol Directorate was informed that personal paper files of several Europol staff members had disappeared," read the note. When officials checked all the agency's records, it discovered "additional missing files," it added.
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Some of the lost files reappeared when a citizen found them abandoned in a public place in The Hague and brought them to a local police station, the four officials said.
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Europol’s sensitive hardcopy HR files are kept locked away in a safe, in a room that is limited to restricted personnel. Very few people know the code to the safe, one of the officials who had direct knowledge of the procedure said. It is unclear how the files were taken.
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