The man who exposed the error said the risk is real and has the potential to be exploited by adversaries of the United States.
A simple typo has caused millions of U.S. military emails to be misdirected to Mali over the last decade, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
Recommended Videos The error occurs when senders accidentally type the wrong email address, inputting the .ml domain — for Mali — instead of .mil, the one used for U.S. military addresses. Zuurbier, who said that almost 1,000 misdirected emails arrived on one day alone last week, claims that he’s tried to reach out to U.S. officials on multiple occasions, including in a letter sent earlier this month in which he warned that the “risk is real and could be exploited by adversaries of the U.S.”
One of the misdirected emails even contained information linked to General James McConville, the chief of staff of the US army, ahead of a trip to Indonesia in May. The email contained McConville’s itinerary, various room numbers, and even instructions on the collection of his room key. in another incident, an FBI agent with naval-linked responsibilities tried to forward six messages to their military email account but mistakenly sent them to Mali instead.
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