Incident: Australia police accidentally broadcast arrest plans on social media | Yahoo 7

Posted by Steven Kirby | Dec 19, 2017 | Australian InfoSec Incident, Australian InfoSec Incidents 2017, Cybersecurity, New South Wales, Policing and Law Enforcement, Social Media Incident, Yahoo7 News | 0 |

Incident: Australia police accidentally broadcast arrest plans on social media | Yahoo 7

Australian Information Security Incident Reported: December 19 2017

Sydney (AFP) – Australian police accidentally broadcast on social media details of an operation to arrest a suspected North Korean agent — three days before he was taken into custody, media reported Wednesday.

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