SAS names reportedly available online for a decade
Summary
The British Ministry of Defence found out about a safety leak where the names of some special soldiers got put on the internet for more than ten years. The leak has been fixed and the soldiers who were affected have been told and looked after.Key Facts
- The names and ranks of at least 20 special British soldiers were put online for more than ten years.
- The Ministry of Defence learned about this and took action to fix the leak.
- All the important personal information that was online has been taken away.
- The affected soldiers, which is only a small number, have been told what happened and are being kept safe.
- The information was in two army documents that were accidentally made public.
- The documents should have been just for army people and had names and secret army words.
- While the documents didn't say exactly which group these soldiers were in, other people could figure it out.
- The documents were last updated a few months back, which means some soldiers named could have been on missions when the leak happened.
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