“On the sunken megayacht of the billionaire Lynch, there may be confidential intelligence, its security is asked to be strengthened – media September 22, 19:28 Share: Rescuers off the coast of Sicily (Photo: REUTERS/Louiza Vradi) On the megayacht of the British technology magnate Mike Lynch Bayesian, which sank in August, may be confidential intelligence that may be of interest to foreign governments, so divers examining its wreckage are being asked to increase their security, CNN reports from”, — write on: ua.news
Rescuers near the coast of Sicily (Photo: REUTERS/Louiza Vradi)
British tech tycoon Mike Lynch’s megayacht Bayesian, which sank in August, may contain confidential intelligence of interest to foreign governments, prompting divers examining its wreckage to ask for increased security, CNN reported, citing multiple sources.
Channel Four’s sources said Italian prosecutors investigating the shipwreck believe Bayesian may have highly sensitive data linked to a number of Western intelligence agencies.
According to CNN, Lynch has been linked to British, American and other intelligence services through several of his companies, including the cybersecurity company he founded, Darktrace. In April, the company was sold to Chicago-based private equity firm Thoma Bravo. In addition, according to the British government and Darktrace public records, Lynch served as an advisor to British Prime Ministers David Cameron and Theresa May on science, technology and cybersecurity during their time in office.
Citing an official involved in the operation to examine the wreckage, the channel said that the sunken vessel, lying on the seabed at a depth of about 50 meters, is believed to have water-tight safes containing two super-encrypted hard drives that store top-secret information. information, including access codes and other confidential data. The sunken vessel was thoroughly searched by divers with remote cameras.
Fire brigade divers told CNN that at first local authorities feared thieves would reach the wreckage to find expensive jewelry and other valuables still on board the yacht, but now they fear the wreckage could be of interest to foreign governments, including including Russia and China. They asked that the yacht be carefully guarded both above and below water.
“A formal request to provide additional security for the wreckage until it can be lifted has been received and implemented,” a representative of the Sicilian civil defense agency, which is assisting in the criminal investigation, confirmed to CNN.
A source in the prosecutor’s office told CNN that Lynch “did not trust cloud services” and always kept data drives in a secure compartment on the yacht, according to survivors of the crash. wherever he sailed.
The channel notes that US attorney Chris Morvillo represented Lynch when he was acquitted in a US criminal fraud case in June related to Hewlett Packard’s takeover of his Autonomy company. Survivors told prosecutors that the cruise during which the yacht sank was a celebration of that vindication, Assistant Prosecutor Raffaele Cammarano said.
In a tragic coincidence, Lynch’s business partner Stephen Chamberlain, his co-defendant in a US fraud case and former Darktrace COO, died on August 19, the same day the Bayesian yacht sank, after being hit by a car under running time A prosecutor’s representative told CNN that James Cutfield, the captain of the ship that sank, told them that Lynch had learned of Chamberlain’s plight and planned to cut the cruise short to return to the UK and see his business partner, who was on life support at the time.
Local prosecutor Ambrogio Cartosio said none of Lynch’s personal belongings, including computers, jewelry or hard drives, had been recovered from the wreck. Meanwhile, on-board hard drives and surveillance cameras linked to the yacht’s navigation system have been handed over to investigators to determine if there is any useful data that could indicate how the yacht sank within 16 minutes of the storm’s onset. The ship did not have a traditional black box or voyage data recorder to record navigational data or sound on the bridge.
After divers complete their survey of the 473-tonne wreck, they will make suggestions on how best to raise it without spilling the 18,000 liters of oil and fuel still on board, and how to ensure that any sensitive data will not fall into the wrong hands. According to Italian law, the cost of raising the ship must be paid by its owner – Lynch’s widow.
The disaster of the superyacht Bayesian near Sicily – what is known
On August 22, Sky News reported that the Italian Coast Guard has identified the bodies of five people who were found aboard the superyacht Bayesian off the coast of Sicily.
British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among the dead. The chairman of the board of directors of Morgan Stanley International, Jonathan Blumer, his wife Judith Blumer, the trustee of the charity organization The Eve Appeal, and the famous American lawyer Christopher Morvey were also recognized. llo and his wife, jewelry designer Neda Morvillo.
There were 22 people on board the ship – 10 crew members and 12 passengers. 15 people were saved, including Lynch’s wife. A 35-year-old British woman and her one-year-old child were saved by passengers of a sailboat that was passing nearby.
On August 19, the 56-meter yacht was moored off the coast of Porticello near Palermo when it was hit by what was believed to be a waterspout. During the search, the rescuers had to dive to a depth of 50 meters.