Bank security plans found in trash

A Berlin hairdresser noticed that somehow the detailed security plans for a newly-renovated bank's vault ended up in his garbage can. It's not clear how the plans ended up there; Bundesbank is across town from where the hairdresser lives. After the plans were discovered, German tabloid Bild ran them on their front page. From Deutsche Welle:

The plans detailed "floor thickness, movement detector placements, doors, passageways and barred gates" reported mass circulation daily Bild.

"These plans are secret," was witten at the top of the page in bold capitals...

"We will check to see how this could have happened," (the bank's spokesperson Albrecht) Sommer was quoted as saying. "Right now we have to make sure no more worksite plans are out there."

Link (Thanks, Lindsay Tiemeyer!)

[#1 posted by joba , December 10, 2007 2:25 PM]

The bank in question is spelled "Bundesbank" or "Deutsche Bundesbank" in full - it is the German equivalent of the US Fed, hence, "German Federal Bank".

[#2 posted by David Pescovitz , December 10, 2007 2:59 PM]

Thanks, JOBA. I fixed the type-o in the bank's name.

[#3 posted by erissian , December 10, 2007 4:01 PM]

Clearly, the hairdresser is a terrorist.

[#4 posted by Armin , December 10, 2007 4:46 PM]

If you want to take a peak at the plans, here's the page on the Bild website. Use the back and forward buttons to move through the gallery on the right.

[#5 posted by Nelson.C , December 10, 2007 5:52 PM]

That's no good, that little bit of close-up, we want the whole thing, man. For, um, Science!

[#6 posted by Crash , December 10, 2007 6:43 PM]

Do banks actually still use vaults to store cash?

[#7 posted by Wanon , December 11, 2007 3:48 AM]

I thought the flavour of the week was that security through obscurity was bad :P

So in theory it shouldn't matter?

[#8 posted by wolfrider , December 11, 2007 5:52 AM]

Maybe the bank planted them. Fake plans eh??????

Don't pay attention to the man behind the curtain