American soldier masked stolen data as a music CD

Pvt. Bradley Manning managed to bypass security of the US army computers. During investigation of theft of more than 150,000 top secret files it was revealed that he carried data on a disk labeled as a Lady Gaga music CD.

Use of portable disks, including USB flash disks is strictly prohibited on all computers of the US army. However, a music CD was not noticed and Manning could provide key information on American diplomatic dealings to other people without anybody noticing.

Manning was originally arrested due to investigation of a published video of unsuccessful attack of an American helicopter. Apart from other civilians, the Reuters journalists died during the attack. The more serious problem in form of a threat to the US national security was revealed later by accident when a former hacker denounced him. Manning told the hacker about his dissatisfaction with American foreign policy.