A former worker of a "sensitive government organisation" has appeared in courtroom after allegedly risking nationwide safety by taking prime secret information dwelling.

Hasaan Arshad is charged with an offence underneath the Computer Misuse Act after an investigation led by the Metropolitan Police Counter Terrorism Command.

He spoke on the Westminster Magistrates' Court, solely to substantiate his title, date of delivery and handle in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.

The courtroom heard the 23-year-old had been employed by a "sensitive government organisation" earlier than his arrest on 22 September final 12 months.

Prosecutors allege that earlier than leaving his job on 24 August, he took his work cell phone right into a prime secret space and linked the gadget to a prime secret workstation.

He is alleged to have transferred delicate information from a safe pc to the telephone earlier than taking it dwelling.

Arshad allegedly transferred the information from the work cell phone to a tough drive linked to his private dwelling pc.

"Top secret" is the classification for the federal government's most delicate data, the place compromise may trigger widespread lack of life or threaten the safety or financial wellbeing of the nation or pleasant nations, in response to Ministry of Justice safety steerage.

Arshad was not requested to enter a plea to a single cost underneath Section 3ZA of the Computer Misuse Act 1990 regarding "unauthorised acts causing, or creating risk of, serious damage".

Arshad was granted conditional bail forward of his subsequent look on the Old Bailey on 5 May.

In the meantime he should reside and sleep at his dwelling handle, should not go away or try to depart the UK mainland, and should notify the police of any internet-enabled gadget in his possession.

He can also be banned from utilizing nameless web shopping instruments together with VPN and Onion routing, or accessing darknet methods corresponding to Tor.

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