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How Rs 460 Bluetooth Tracker In Postcard Revealed Location Of A Dutch Warship
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How a five-dollar gadget put a Dutch warship at risk for 24 hours, calling security into question
Because Evertsen was operating as part of a wider strike group in the Mediterranean, even the exposure of one ship could have helped adversaries infer the movements of the broader naval format. The post How a five-dollar gadget put a Dutch warship at risk for 24 hours, calling security into question appeared first on Conservative Angle | Conservative Angle - Conservative News Clearing House
Location of Dutch frigate off Cyprus given away thanks to €5 Bluetooth device
A Bluetooth tracking device which was posted to a Dutch frigate. deployed to the waters off Cyprus after the island was hit by an Iranian-made drone last month, allowed it to be tracked remotely for days on end. Dutch television channel Omroep Gelderland reported that a device worth around €5…
A simple Bluetooth tracker for five euros has been enough to expose the secret position of a warship in the Mediterranean. A hidden transmitter in a greeting card revealed a security gap in the Dutch military mail system. (Continue reading)
The Dutch air defense frigate HNLMS Evertsen, which was part of a NATO carrier strike group, was tracked by a postcard equipped with a hidden Bluetooth tracker. At the time, the ship was providing missile defense for the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean. Image: Dutch MoD. As it turned out, Joost Vervaart, a journalist for the Dutch media company Omroep Gelderland, used a postcard published in... The post "Media trac…
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