{"id":1975175,"date":"2023-07-17T13:49:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-17T17:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/typos-involving-one-small-letter-have-been-exposing-russian-ally-to-highly-sensitive-us-military-information\/"},"modified":"2023-07-17T13:52:29","modified_gmt":"2023-07-17T17:52:29","slug":"typos-involving-one-small-letter-have-been-exposing-russian-ally-to-highly-sensitive-us-military-information","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/typos-involving-one-small-letter-have-been-exposing-russian-ally-to-highly-sensitive-us-military-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Typos expose Russian ally to sensitive US military info."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftypos-involving-one-small-letter-have-been-exposing-russian-ally-to-highly-sensitive-us-military-information%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1975175&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>A\u2063 Massive Security Breach: Highly \u2062Sensitive US Military\u2064 Emails\u2063 Leaked \u200dto Russian Ally<\/h2>\n<p>In \u200ba \u200bshocking revelation, a massive number of U.S. military emails containing \u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brazenly-ignoring-the-law-texas-sues-facebook-for-using-facial-recognition-to-harvest-personal-information\/\" title=\"'Brazenly Ignoring' the Law: Texas Sues Facebook for Using Facial Recognition to Harvest Personal Information\">highly sensitive information<\/a>, including\u200d passwords to \u200cintelligence\u2062 networks,\u2064 have been leaked\u2063 to a\u2063 domain \u200cheld by a\u200d Russian ally in \u200cAfrica.\u200b This\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/typos-involving-one-small-letter-have-been-exposing-russian-ally-to-highly-sensitive-us-military-information\/\" title=\"Typos expose Russian ally to sensitive US military info.\">alarming breach occurred due<\/a> \u200bto a \u200dsimple &#8220;typo,&#8221; \u2063according \u2064to the Financial Times.<\/p>\n<p>Johannes Zuurbier, a Dutch internet \u2063expert, \u200cdiscovered this\u200c issue a \u200cdecade\u2062 ago when \u2064he \u200dbegan managing the Malian government&#8217;s country code, ML. Despite\u200b his efforts to\u200c alert the U.S. \u200dgovernment\u200d about the\u2062 potential risks, \u2062little has been done \u200dto resolve the problem, \u2064as\u200b reported by the FT.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, control\u2064 of the \u200b.ML domain will \u2062revert\u200b back to Mali, potentially granting access to accidental\u200b messages \u2062for a \u200ccountry \u200dwhere Russia\u2063 has a\u200c significant foothold.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;This risk is real\u200b and\u200c could \u200cbe exploited by \u2064adversaries of the U.S.,&#8221;\u2062 Zuurbier wrote in a letter to the \u200bU.S. government.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since January, Zuurbier \u2064has\u2064 collected \u2062approximately 117,000 misdirected emails\u200b caused by senders \u200dmistakenly typing .ML instead of .MIL \u2064in email\u200b suffixes. The .MIL domain is used \u2063for \u200ball U.S. military and Pentagon\u200c email addresses.\u200d Zuurbier \u200dhoped that \u2062documenting \u200dthese misdirected emails\u2063 would finally prompt the \u2064U.S. \u200dto\u200b address \u200bthe issue.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his efforts, Zuurbier \u2062has faced repeated\u200c failures in getting the attention of \u200bWhite\u200c House and U.S. defense \u2063officials, the defense attach\u00e9\u200d in \u200cMali, and\u2063 a senior adviser\u200d to\u2062 the\u200b U.S. \u2064national cybersecurity\u2064 service.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d Department \u200dof Defense acknowledges\u200c the\u200c issue and\u200d takes unauthorized \u2063disclosures of\u200d controlled\u2063 national security\u2064 information seriously, according \u2064to\u200b Pentagon spokesperson Lt. Cmdr Tim Gorman.<\/p>\n<p>Emails\u200c sent directly\u200b from\u200b the .MIL \u2063domain to .ML addresses\u2063 are blocked and\u2064 senders are\u2062 notified \u2064to validate\u200d the \u200cemail \u2064addresses of the intended\u2064 recipients.<\/p>\n<p>While\u2063 most \u200bof \u200cthe emails \u200dZuurbier received\u2063 are marked as \u2064spam and do\u200c not contain classified \u2063information,\u200b there have been some concerning instances. For example, one email included \u2063travel details\u2063 for Army Chief \u200cof\u200d Staff Gen. James McConville&#8217;s trip \u2062to\u200c Indonesia, and\u2064 another contained\u2062 documents marked\u200c &#8220;For\u2063 Official\u2063 Use Only&#8221; and\u200c an\u2064 alert \u200bfrom\u2063 the\u2064 Turkish \u200cembassy\u2064 about potential \u200dterrorist operations.<\/p>\n<p>Former \u200dNSA director retired\u2064 Adm. Mike Rogers emphasized \u2063the seriousness \u2063of the\u2064 situation, \u2062stating, &#8220;If \u200byou have \u200bthis\u200d kind of sustained \u2062access, you \u2063can\u2063 generate intelligence even just from \u2062unclassified\u2062 information.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It \u2064is crucial \u2063that immediate action is\u200b taken\u200c to address this security breach and prevent further leaks \u2063of highly\u2063 sensitive information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by \u200cthe \u2062Daily \u2063Caller News Foundation,\u2062 an \u2064independent \u2064and nonpartisan\u2064 newswire \u2062service, is available without\u200d charge \u2062to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that \u2063can provide\u2064 a\u2064 large\u2062 audience. All \u200crepublished articles must include\u2064 our\u200b logo, our reporter\u2019s\u2063 byline\u200c and their DCNF affiliation. For any\u2062 questions about our\u200d guidelines or \u2062partnering with us,\u2062 please \u2064contact\u00a0<a\u2064 href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u200b post <a rel=\"nofollow\" \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/typo-exposing-sensitive-us-military-info-russian-ally-years\/\">Typos \u200dInvolving One Small \u2064Letter Have Been Exposing Russian Ally to \u2062Highly \u2063Sensitive US Military Information<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western\u200d Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. military emails, containing passwords to intelligence networks, have accidentally leaked to a Russian ally&#8217;s domain in Africa due to a &#8220;typo,&#8221; according to the Financial Times. 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