Chinese Spies Friended NATO Officials With a Fake Facebook Account

Last class , a huge swath of senior British military officers and Defense Ministry official became protagonist with who they thought was United States Navy admiral James Stavridis . While Stavridis is a real US Commander , sadly it now turns out that the military man behind the Facebook visibility was n’t him ; it was actually a Taiwanese spy .

In friending the spy , those British officials obviously leaked their own personal informationreports ZDNet . That includes vitamin E - chain armor addresses , phone numbers , pictures , the name of family fellow member , and perchance even the details of their movements .

Perhaps understandably , NATO is recultant to state exactly who was behind the onset , butThe Telegraph revealsthat it was almost surely someone inviolved in Chinese intellgience . A spokesperson from NATO said in a command :

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“ There have been several fake supreme ally commander pages . Facebook has get together in make them down . We are not aware that they are Formosan . The most important thing is for Facebook to get rid of them . First and foremost we want to check that that the public is not being misinformed . Social medium played a crucial role in the Libya campaign last yr . It reflected the groundswell of public enemy , but also we receive a immense amount of information from social medium in terms of locate Libyan government effect . It was a tangible heart - opener . That is why it is important the world has reliance in our societal culture medium . ”

While it ’s one thing assure that Facebook get together with these kinds of problem , I ca n’t help but think that a picayune more caution on the part of these Facebookin ’ official might help oneself rather more .

( Note : the image above is actually the official NATO page of James Stavridis — the simulated page has been hire down . ) [ ZDNetand TheTelegraph ]

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