PARIS (AP) β Paris City Hall said Wednesday that no policing plans for were lost in the theft of computer gear reported by one of its employees.
A City Hall statement said: βInitial 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.β
French broadcaster BFMTV first reported Tuesday evening that a computer and USB keys containing Olympic Games security plans for Paris City Hall were stolen aboard a train at the French capital's Gare du Nord station.
BFM said one of the USB keys was encrypted and stored security plans relating to roads and traffic for the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris Games.
In , security is for Paris Games organizers.
The Paris prosecutor's office on Wednesday described media coverage of the theft as βhasty." It said a City Hall engineer had lost a bag at Gare du Nord on Monday and reported that it contained a USB key used for work.
βHowever, 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,β the prosecutorβs office said.
City Hall's statement said the worker's computer gear βcontained notes for internal use,β concerning the employee's IT-related work for the Paris traffic department.
It said an investigation is underway into the "proven breaches of internal security procedures" and that depending on its findings, βsanctions will be taken.β
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