A case of computer and USB flash drive theft in France has attracted attention because the equipment contained security information for the Paris Olympics. A source in the French judiciary said on the 2nd that the thief had been caught and sentenced to 7 months in prison.
On January 8, the train entered the Rambouillet railway station near Paris, France. Xinhua News Agency (Photo by Aurelian Morisal) Agence France-Presse, citing sources in the judiciary, reported that the thieves, who were born in 2001, stole a bag containing a laptop and two USB flash drives from a train in Gare du Nord in Paris on the evening of February 26. The owner is an engineer in the city of Paris.
Initial news from ** that the stolen equipment contained a security plan for the Paris Olympics raised concerns. However, the Paris prosecutor's office later said that the equipment contained only some documents on road traffic during the Olympics and "not sensitive security information".
The burglar was tried in a Paris court on March 1 and sentenced to seven months in prison. Judicial sources said the thieves had a history of burglary on public transport and had a criminal record in **.
The city of Paris issued a statement saying that it would investigate the engineer who lost the equipment to find out whether he had violated internal security regulations by traveling with equipment containing security information for the Games.
The 33rd Summer Olympic Games are scheduled to take place in Paris in July-August, and France is expected to deploy 3.3 security personnel per day50,000 people.
**: Xinhua News Agency Author: Ou Sa
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