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Sunken superyacht believed to contain watertight safes with sensitive intelligence data

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The Bayesian superyacht sank off Sicily in August , killing eight people including British tech tycoon Mike Lynch .

Italian prosecutors have asked for heightened security to guard the vessel over concerns that sensitive data locked in its safes may interest foreign governments, sources tell CNN .

The sunken vessel, lying on the seabed at a depth of some 50 meters ( 164 feet ), is thought to have watertight safes containing two super-encrypted hard drives.

No personal effects, including computers, jewelry or Lynch ’s hard drives, have been recovered from the vessel.

Divers will make suggestions for how to best raise the 473-ton vessel without spilling any of the 18,000 liters of oil and fuel still onboard.

Costs of raising the ship will fall to its owner, Lynch 's widow, as is mandated by Italian maritime law.