Old laptop containing classified German military files bought for €90 on eBay

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The researchers were able to unlock military files simply by entering 'guest' for the username and password

Researchers at German cyber security firm G Data recently bought an old laptop at eBay and found classified German military documents stored on it. According to the researchers, the laptop was u...

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