Gordon Brown aide victim of Chinese honeytrap?
source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4364353.ece
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"A top aide to Gordon Brown has been a suspected victim of a “honeytrap” operation by Chinese intelligence agents.
The aide, a senior Downing Street adviser who was with the prime minister on a trip to China earlier this year, had his BlackBerry phone stolen after being picked up by a Chinese woman who had approached him in a Shanghai hotel disco.
The aide agreed to return to his hotel with the woman. He reported the BlackBerry missing the next morning.
A senior official said yesterday that the incident had all the hallmarks of a suspected honeytrap by Chinese intelligence. The incident will raise fresh questions about the security of sensitive official information. It follows a spate of high-profile cases where data from government departments have been lost."
Picture: http://flickr.com/photos/thetrillos/274564788/
The aide, a senior Downing Street adviser who was with the prime minister on a trip to China earlier this year, had his BlackBerry phone stolen after being picked up by a Chinese woman who had approached him in a Shanghai hotel disco.
The aide agreed to return to his hotel with the woman. He reported the BlackBerry missing the next morning.
A senior official said yesterday that the incident had all the hallmarks of a suspected honeytrap by Chinese intelligence. The incident will raise fresh questions about the security of sensitive official information. It follows a spate of high-profile cases where data from government departments have been lost."
Picture: http://flickr.com/photos/thetrillos/274564788/
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Dmitri_Molotov
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Chinese finger trap would have been funnier...
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Dmitri_Molotov
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saverio
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Dmitri_Molotov:
Shanghai surprise?
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saverio
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phillyharper
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Men have two weak points, ego and libido. As Russle Brand once said, the male libido is like being constantly chained to a mad man.
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phillyharper
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saverio
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I like that the British media are romantically calling it "honeytrap", as opposed to, say, "Chinadiscosexgate".
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saverio
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purplefox
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saverio:
*chuckle*
- 4 years ago
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purplefox
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mattbrawn
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Oops! I wonder where the contents of his Blackberry are now...?
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mattbrawn
