The UK Department of Defense mistakenly sent a confidential email to the United States to the West African country of Mali via email | official | confidential
Due to spelling errors, British Ministry of Defense officials mistakenly sent a confidential email that was supposed to be sent to the US Pentagon to the West African country of Mali.
According to The Guardian on July 27th, British Ministry of Defense officials sent a "small amount of email" to Mali. According to an investigation by the UK Department of Defense, the cause of the accident was that the staff mistakenly typed the end of the US military domain name ". mil" instead of the West African country's domain name address ". ml" when entering an email address. Earlier this month, the United States also sent millions of military emails to Mali due to the same typing error.
Mali is a country where Russia has an important presence in West Africa. After the rupture of the Black Sea food agreement, Russian President Putin promised to transport food free of charge to six African countries, including Mali, to replace the blocked Ukrainian food supply, and Wagner mercenaries were also deployed in Mali to assist in combating jihadists.
A spokesperson for the UK Ministry of Defence stated that an investigation has been conducted into the accident, and the number of emails sent to the wrong email address is very small, and does not contain any content that could threaten military security and technical data. All sensitive information has been uploaded to the system to reduce the harm caused by this accident. The UK Department of Defense is currently implementing a work plan to improve information management, prevent data loss, and control sensitive information.