🇬🇧 The UK Ministry of Defence has once again dumped classified documents
Highly sensitive files from Catterick Garrison, home to around 13,000 troops, were found in a dumpster at a civilian landfill 2.5 miles from the base. The documents contained detailed defensive information, including guard shifts, weapons storage, alarm protocols, names, and ranks.
The Ministry of Defence and Royal Military Police have launched an investigation after a member of the public discovered the unredacted files.
Security experts warn the leak could aid hostile actors or terrorists targeting the garrison.
In March 2025, a football fan found highly sensitive Catterick Garrison files scattered on a Newcastle street after they spilled from a burst trash bag. The documents included armoury codes, drug test results, soldier ranks, patrol logs, and intruder detection systems.
Similar incidents include a June 2021 case in Kent, where a senior civil servant left 50 pages of classified documents behind a bus stop, and a September 2021 email blunder that exposed the personal data of over 250 Afghan interpreters by using “To” instead of “Bcc.”