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During the video meeting, the minister made a shameful mistake.
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During an EU video conference, a journalist suddenly sat down at the virtual negotiating table (file image)
Source: father / ANP / Koen van Weel
Dutch Defense Minister Ank Bijleveld posted a photo on Twitter. A mistake with serious consequences. Because with the information in the image, a journalist managed to uncover a security breach.
reDutch Defense Minister Ank Bijleveld posted a photo on Twitter of his participation in a video meeting of EU Defense Ministers, revealing the access code for the meeting. A Dutch journalist was able to infiltrate the meeting, exposing the embarrassing security hole.
Journalist Daniel Verlaan managed to participate in Friday’s ministerial meeting with relative ease, as announced by the RTL television network. An enthusiastic reader noticed that Bijleveld’s photo showed five of the six digits of the secret access code to the meeting. Then he tipped the announcer. The last number was quickly found and Verlaan sat at the virtual negotiating table.
The smiling journalist in a black T-shirt could be seen on video, greeting the ministers. “Do you know that you are attending a secret meeting?” Asked the EU Foreign Affairs representative, Josep Borrell. “Yes, yes, sorry. I am a journalist from the Netherlands, ”Verlaan replied as the other participants laughed in the background.
“Sorry to interrupt your lecture, I’ll be leaving now,” he said. Subsequently, the ministerial meeting was canceled for security reasons.
The Ministry of Defense speaks of a “stupid mistake”
Prime Minister Mark Rutte was not satisfied. “This shows once again that ministers must understand the care that must be taken with Twitter,” he said in The Hague. The Defense Ministry spoke of a “stupid mistake”.
The photo with the passcode was quickly removed. The minister is currently in home quarantine and wanted to make it clear with the photo that she is also active at home on the kitchen table.
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