Paris Olympics safety plans weren’t stolen in pc theft, officers say

• Paris Metropolis Corridor confirmed on Wednesday that no safety plans for the upcoming Olympic Video games have been compromised within the reported theft of pc gear.
• Safety is the first problem for organizers of the Paris Video games as a result of metropolis’s historical past of extremist assaults.
• An investigation is ongoing into the confirmed breaches of inside safety procedures.

Paris Metropolis Corridor mentioned Wednesday that no policing plans for the upcoming Olympic Games have been misplaced within the theft of pc gear reported by one among its staff.

A Metropolis Corridor assertion mentioned: “Initial checks established that the worker didn’t possess any information relating to the organization and deployment of law enforcement during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.”

French broadcaster BFMTV first reported Tuesday night that a pc and USB keys containing Olympic Video games safety plans for Paris Metropolis Corridor have been stolen aboard a practice on the French capital’s Gare du Nord station.

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BFM mentioned one of many USB keys was encrypted and saved security plans regarding roads and site visitors for the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris Video games.

French police patrol across the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, on Dec. 7, 2023. Paris Metropolis Corridor officers mentioned that no policing plans for the upcoming Olympic Video games have been misplaced within the theft of pc gear reported by one among its staff. (AP Picture/Thibault Camus, File)

In a metropolis repeatedly hit by lethal extremist assaults, safety is the largest problem for Paris Video games organizers.

The Paris prosecutor’s workplace on Wednesday described media protection of the theft as “hasty.” It mentioned a Metropolis Corridor engineer had misplaced a bag at Gare du Nord on Monday and reported that it contained a USB key used for work.

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“However, it is important to specify that this key only contained notes related to traffic in Paris during the Olympic Games, and not on sensitive security plans,” the prosecutor’s workplace mentioned.

Metropolis Corridor’s assertion mentioned the employee’s pc gear “contained notes for internal use,” in regards to the worker’s IT-related work for the Paris site visitors division.

It mentioned an investigation is underway into the “proven breaches of internal security procedures” and that relying on its findings, “sanctions will be taken.”