USB Found Containing Heathrow Plans
A man who found the 2.5GB storage device in a street in Queen’s Park plugged it into a library computer and found over 170 documents, some of which were labelled “confidential” or “restricted”.
The details included those of individuals exempt from security screening, radio codes in case of aircraft hijacking and the Queen’s route to the Royal Suite, which is located in a hidden part of the airport.
Other highly sensitive pieces of information on the USB included satellite images and operating manuals for the Doppler radar surveillance system used to scan runways and the perimeter fence, as well as the location of maintenance tunnels and escape shafts.
It’s unclear whether the storage device was accidentally left by a Heathrow employee or if the info on it was compiled by a terrorist planning an attack.
"The worry is it ends up on the dark web and used by bad guys to pick holes in airport security,” a police source said.