US EditionEx-UK intelligence worker jailed for taking top secret data home
- Hasaan Arshad, a 25-year-old computer science student from Manchester University and former GCHQ intern, was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison for taking classified information on August 24, 2022.
- Arshad, who had undergone GCHQ induction training and acknowledged the confidentiality obligations under the Official Secrets Act, took data home without permission out of curiosity to finish a particular project.
- During his placement at a highly secure GCHQ facility in the Cheltenham area, he used a mobile phone issued for official duties to transfer top secret information, thereby endangering the identities of 17 colleagues and undermining authorized intelligence operations.
- Prosecutor Duncan Atkinson said the breach caused a significant risk to national security, warning hostile states could prevent the UK intelligence community from thwarting their plans.
- Arshad was sentenced to six years for the data breach and an additional one and a half years for child sexual offences, with judges noting his intellectual arrogance and damage to trust and security.
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Wilts & Gloucestershire StandardGCHQ intern took top secret data home, court told
A GCHQ intern endangered national security, risked exposing 17 colleagues, and “threw away” thousands of hours of work when he took Top Secret…
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GCHQ intern who downloaded secrets and names of spies onto phone learns fate - The Mirror
Hasaan Arshad, 25, was found to be in 'flagrant breach' of tight security rules when he used his mobile phone to remove material from a computer system during his GCHQ internship
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