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GCHQ intern risked exposing staff when he took secret data home

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Hasaan Arshad , 25 , pleaded guilty to an offence under the Computer Misuse Act .

He was in "flagrant breach" of tight security rules when he took top secret data home.

He also admitted two charges of making an indecent photograph of a child on his phone.

The Manchester University computer science student appeared at the Old Bailey for sentencing.

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informal

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English

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60

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