<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-article-text"><span class="gmail-article-prime"><p><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europol-cyber-idUSKBN13P0M6">http://www.reuters.com/article/us-europol-cyber-idUSKBN13P0M6</a><br></p><p>Information on
numerous international investigations into terrorism groups compiled by
Europol was accidentally left online, unguarded by any password, a Dutch
television program reported on Wednesday.</p></span><span id="gmail-midArticle_0"></span><p>Europol,
which helps European Union national police organizations cooperate,
could not immediately be reached for comment. The television program
Zembla cited the Europol's adjunct director Wil van Gemert as
acknowledging the incident.</p><span id="gmail-midArticle_1"></span><p>According
the program, the leak was caused by a former employee who took dossiers
home, against Europol policy, and put them on a hard drive connected to
the Internet without realizing it was accessible to anyone.</p><span id="gmail-midArticle_2"></span><p>Zembla
did not republish the dossier, which it said contained information
about 54 different police investigations, including the names and
telephone numbers of suspects. </p><span id="gmail-midArticle_3"></span>
<span class="gmail-article-divide gmail-first-article-divide"></span><p>Van
Gemert was quoted saying it did not appear that the dossier had been
seen by anyone other than Zembla researchers, but he could not rule it
out.</p><span id="gmail-midArticle_4"></span>
<span class="gmail-article-divide gmail-second-article-divide"></span><p>Privacy
campaigner and Dutch Member of the European Parliament, Sophie in 't
Veld, tweeted: "Huge data leak. Will call for @EU_Commission and
@Europol director to come and inform @Europarl_EN."</p></span></div>