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Pentagon typo leaked millions of sensitive messages to African nation


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Brilliant.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-typo-leaked-millions-sensitive-messages-african-nation

A common typo within the U.S. military has misdirected millions of emails and messages containing sensitive information to the African country of Mali, the Pentagon confirmed Monday.

The issue comes from the U.S. military's ".MIL" domain name used for emails, which is commonly mistyped as ".ML," the domain for Mali. The leak has resulted in the exposure of unclassified but sensitive information, such as diplomatic documents, tax returns, passwords and the travel details of top officers, according to an initial report from the Financial Times.

The Pentagon acknowledged the issue in a statement to Fox News on Monday, saying emails sent outside the ".MIL" domain are typically blocked.

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