Emails meant for US despatched to Kremlin ally after Ministry of Defence blunder
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he Ministry of Defence has launched an investigation after officers unwittingly despatched emails containing categorised info to an in depth Russian ally due to a typing error.
A “small number” of emails supposed for the Pentagon have been despatched to Mali due to the unintentional omission of an “i” from an e mail deal with.
British officers despatched the messages to an deal with ending with the west African nation’s .ml area, relatively than the US navy’s .mil.
The identical error within the US was revealed final week to have resulted in tens of millions of navy emails going to Mali.
It was argued that the dimensions of the British mishap, first reported by The Times, paled as compared.
An MoD spokesman mentioned: “We have opened an investigation after a small number of emails were mistakenly forwarded to an incorrect email domain.
“We are confident they did not contain any information that could compromise operational security or technical data.
“All sensitive information is shared on systems designed to minimise the risk of misdirection.
“The MoD constantly reviews its processes and is currently undertaking a programme of work to improve information management, data loss prevention, and the control of sensitive information.”
Mali was among the many six African nations promised free grain shipments by Russian President Vladimir Putin after the collapse of the Black Sea cope with Ukraine.
Moscow’s Wagner mercenaries have additionally been deployed in Mali to combat alongside the military towards jihadists.