An inspector from the Nuclear Safety Council (CSN) has reported to the Mossos d'Esquadra the theft of a backpack that he left in his car with a computer with confidential documentation about the Vandellós II plant in Tarragona, although his physical security is not compromised .
According to La Vanguardia and sources from the Catalan police have confirmed to Efe, the inspector reported the theft on Thursday afternoon, when he verified that the rear window of the car door in which he had traveled to the nuclear power plant had been broken. on the occasion of the annual emergency drill.
In a statement, the CSN has highlighted that the physical security of the nuclear power plant is not compromised by this theft, since the stolen documentation does not correspond in any case to information referring to the physical protection of Vandellós II, and has highlighted that due to the At the moment there are no suspicions linking the theft with the attempt to obtain the information from the computer.
The man reported that he had parked his car from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Cristal beach, in Mont-Roig del Camp (Tarragona), and that in the back he had left, hidden from view, a gray backpack. with the work computer, owned by the CSN, with a double security password.
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According to the data detailed by the inspector, revealed by La Vanguardia, a large number of contacts of political leaders and relevant public officials from different administrations were stored on the device, as well as confidential and reserved information on the nuclear power plant.
In its statement, the CSN details that the stolen computer has "several security keys" to be able to access the documentation and that, in the "hypothetical case" of gaining entry, the stored information does not contain "in any case" data on the physical protection of Vandellós II.
In addition, the computer does not have information that belongs to the technological intellectual property of the installation, so, according to the CSN, "the physical security of the nuclear power plant is not compromised" by this fact.
Specifically, according to the CSN, the information stored on the computer and in several stolen documents that accompanied it is related to "documentation of a personal and work nature, which, in part, could be considered sensitive" from the point of view of the Data Protection Act.
The CSN also highlights that for the moment there are no suspicions that the theft is related to an attempt to obtain the information contained in the computer, "but rather to seize someone else's property."