USB drive goes missing with Japan-US troop deployment maps

Before you start having a complete panic attack, let us inform you that this whole fiasco actually took place last year, but as these things have a way of going, it's just now coming to light. Reportedly, a 33-year-old captain in the Ground Self-Defense Force ganked a USB flash drive (along with ¥2,000 [$19] and a ¥10,000 [$94] airline coupon) and proceeded to "dump it." Aside from the laughably small amount of cash and prizes this guy accepted, the unfortunate part of all this is what resided on the flash drive: troop deployment maps used in Japan-US military exercises. Worse still, we get the idea that said USB key is still out there somewhere undiscovered (or unrevealed), so if you happen upon one with all sorts of undecipherable schematics on there, now you know what's up.

[Via The Register, image courtesy of University of Texas]

[kene Posted Jul 3rd 2008 12:09AM]

Disinformation to cover the real purpose of infiltrating a foreign governments computer net with a killer virus.

[Reality Check Posted Jul 3rd 2008 2:52AM]

This is a probably a Chinese operation. They are active with espionage even in Japan.

According to the director of the CIA, "they are eating our lunch".

Our excessive openness and political correctness may result in a stunning surprise once China decides to stop being nice.

[neofolklore Posted Jul 3rd 2008 8:09AM]

And Australia's like "WTF mate?"

[OriginalJosh Posted Jul 3rd 2008 10:03AM]

no one else gets this?

+1

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 4th 2008 11:26AM]

lol
hoookay soo

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 3rd 2008 8:11AM]

You know those lanyard things that always come with them and how stupid the idea is in your head when you picture yourself wearing your USB drive around your neck? Might now have been a bad idea here...

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 3rd 2008 12:31PM]

so it has the earth federation's secret plans for the "v project?" guy sold out to zeon. if its not nazis, its space nazis.

[(Unverified) Posted Jul 21st 2008 2:14AM]

Though shit!!!