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US soldiers accidentally reveal top secret locations of nuclear weapons on European bases after classified security protocol training becomes searchable on Google
2021-05-29
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • American soldiers stationed at military bases in Europe armed with nuclear weapons have been unknowingly sharing secret protocols and base details

  • Military personnel used flashcard apps to study and memorize the details of the nuclear weapon systems

  • They failed to realize the flashcards containing highly confidential information was available online which anyone could look up

  • Flashcards contained details including info helping soldiers remember which vaults within a base contained nuclear weapons and which ones were empty

  • By simply looking up the names of specific bases thought to contain nuclear weapons details including about passwords, security procedures were revealed

  • Locations of security cameras and duress signal words soldiers can use when compromised were also included

  • The flashcards dated back to 2013 but some were as recent as April 2021

  • Bellingcat then cross-referenced data from the flashcards with other reports and images shared online by soldiers themselves to verify existence of nuclear vaults

  • All flashcards have since been deleted after the military were asked for comment
Posted by:Skidmark

#10  Ah, C'Mon! Pull them back to CONUS already. Berlin Wall was 1.9.8.9.
Posted by: magpie   2021-05-29 18:47  

#9  #7 We're an equal opportunity employer.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-05-29 13:21  

#8  Apple Watch info already out there.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-05-29 12:16  

#7  And I thought the US Navy was the most inept branch of service.
Posted by: Gerthudion Whomoper3485   2021-05-29 09:50  

#6  
Posted by: Sluse Grealet9429   2021-05-29 08:29  

#5  You don't think the Soviets knew of the locations of our nuke weapons in Europe? See East German infiltration of the West German government. The double wire fence and guards locked and loading usually is a give away.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2021-05-29 08:00  

#4  And I bet Hunter's laptop has even more juicier "highly confidential information".
Posted by: Clem   2021-05-29 01:55  

#3  highly confidential information

Hmmmm, Kinda serious? Almost serious? Almost SECRET? I must have missed that classification when reading E.O. 13526.
Posted by: Clem   2021-05-29 01:53  

#2  WTH, indeed! Hard to tell from the story, but it is either a tale of incredible stupidity or a most excellent intelligence operation.
Posted by: SteveS   2021-05-29 01:34  

#1  the flashcards containing highly confidential information was available online

Unbelievable. Who's the contractor who makes the app? How did it get approval? WTH is going on?
Posted by: Dron66046   2021-05-29 00:59  

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