USB stick detailing Heathrow Airport safety present in London avenue

London’s Heathrow Airport launched an investigation on Sunday after a person discovered a USB stick detailing the airport’s safety and anti-terror measures on a London avenue.

The 76 recordsdata on the USB stick included particulars of safety measures put in place to guard the Queen and senior British politicians once they use the airport, as properly anti-terrorism measures. Maps displaying the situation of CCTV cameras, tunnels, escape shafts and safety patrols have been all accessible to the person who discovered the

A member of the general public discovered the USB stick within the leaves on a pavement within the Queen’s Park space of London and gave it to the Each day Mirror. Not one of the 2.5GB of knowledge was encrypted or pbadword protected, the paper found.

It is presently unclear how such a lot of knowledge, which additionally included particulars of the airport’s ultrasound radar system used to scan runways and the perimeter fence, all got here to be on one USB stick, exterior of the airport and mendacity on the road.

“We now have reviewed all of our safety plans and are badured that Heathrow stays safe,” mentioned a spokesperson for the airport in a press release. “We now have additionally launched an inside investigation to know how this occurred and are taking steps to stop an identical prevalence in future.

“The UK and Heathrow have a number of the most sturdy aviation safety measures on the earth and we stay vigilant to evolving threats by updating our procedures each day.”