The British government has launched an urgent investigation after a football fan found documents containing confidential military information scattered along a street, according to the BBC. Mike Gibbard tripped on the files that pour out of a trash bag in Newcastle, in northeast of England, while leading to watch a match on March 16 – the day after the US Secretary for Defense, Pete Hegseth, shared plans for military strikes in a sign group cat with which a journalist had been accidentally added. The documents that Gibbard found included a plethora of information, including the ranks and email addresses of soldiers, quarter-work models and even information on the storage of weapons, according to the BBC. The diffuser said that the files seem to be connected to Catterick Garrison in northern England, the largest base in the British army. One of the files would have had a section linked to access to a weapon storage area and an intruder detection system. Another was marked with the “official – sensitive” footnote, which means that it could lead to a “threat to life” in certain cases if it is compromised, according to the British government guidelines quoted by the BBC. An information security consultant told the network that files could be a “important” threat to those named. Gibbard reported his discovery to the local police who in turn handed over the files to the British Defense Ministry. “We are examining this urgency,” said a spokesperson for this agency.
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