09.13
Report from The Sun – 13 September 2007
A THIEF made the biggest mistake of his criminal life when he nicked a laptop because it belongs to super-tough SAS veteran Andy McNab.
The Bravo Two Zero hero has years of experience of tracking the most elusive and dangerous enemies and wants his computer back.
The small-time crook would probably never have dared smash the window of McNab’s Audi Q7 to reach the laptop if he had known who the owner was.
McNab had popped into a West London newsagents to buy The Sun when the thief attacked his motor and two others.
The culprit will be sweating when he finds the man he targeted is a trained killer who served ten years in the crack SAS motto Who Dares Wins.
But McNab, now a best-selling author, today pens an open letter to the thief. He urges him to turn his back on crime and do something that takes REAL guts – like becoming a soldier.
Andy’s letter to the one who nicked his laptop
Now let’s hope he’s got copies of Crossfire elsewhere!!
The Sun is kind enough to give the not-so-smart thief a chance to save himself by providing a no-questions-asked number to call: their confidential hotline on 020 7782 4067
Sounds to me like someone forgot to encrypt his files–otherwise I doubt he’d make such an issue of it. I’m thinking Andy McNab has his real name, credit card info, etc. all over the place on that laptop–remember if you’ve read Firewall Andy thinks of “computer types” as nerds, so I doubt he really understands data security.
Still, I feel bad for the guy and hope the thief returns the comp.
Yes, it’s easy to say you should not leave any valuable stuff in the car, others should just keep their darn hands of other ppls properties. Apart from that – I’d find it a nightmare to lose all the stuff inside my computer!! Regardless if it’s ‘hot’ info or not, it’s awful to lose it all. And apart apart from that, it’s happened to me several times (though I had no valuables in my car) but the thought of some nasty stranger going through my personal things…
Anyway – McNabs open letter, what are the odds this was his FIRST reaction? 😉
What a great open letter AM’s written, wouldn’t it be fantastic if the culprit took notice of what he said. Unfortunately I doubt that will be the case.
I agree it must be a nightmare to have your laptop stolen, regardless of whether there’s sensitive data on it or not, I’m not surprised AM is furious.
The comment made by the detective at the end made me chuckle!Hehe