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USB stick with confidential data found in Aachen
Uncertainty among the North Rhine-Westphalia police. Because a USB stick containing personal details of NRW Prime Minister Armin Laschet was found in Aachen on Monday, the police stepped up protective measures for the CDU politician and his family on Wednesday night.
Citizen finds USB memory and hands it over to the police
As reported by the “Rheinische Post”, a citizen found a USB stick in Aachen on Monday, “in which, according to an initial assessment, there were security-relevant files.” This is personal information, but “freely available” about Laschet. The citizen took the stick to the Aachen police on Monday. On Tuesday evening, the Cologne police took over further investigations.
The stored data should be “accessible and freely searchable information that was the basis of a fictitious exercise scenario for advanced training of officers of the State Criminal Police Office in North Rhine-Westphalia”. Loss of the data carrier will be monitored internally at the State Criminal Police Office in North Rhine-Westphalia. “Possible disciplinary measures against the officers involved are being examined.”
Apparently no threat to Laschet and his family.
Laschet was supposed to open an online event of the North Rhine-Westphalia state representation in Berlin on the US elections early Wednesday morning. Then a moderator announced that the Prime Minister “unfortunately due to an unforeseen event” could not welcome the conference.
However, according to the afternoon information, the head of the state government was never really in danger.
