Government IT expert ‘took home top secret material’

A former employee of a ‘sensitive government organisation’ accused of risking national security by taking top secret data home has appeared in court. Hasaan Arshad, 23, is accused of unauthorised use of a computer creating risk of serious damage to national security. He is said to have taken his phone into a top secret area and transferred data from a computer before transferring it to his personal home computer. Bearded Arshad, of Chevron Close, Rochdale, Lancs, appeared at the Old…