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Sweden Investigates Strava Data Leak That Exposed Prime Minister and Royals

  • Bodyguards for Sweden's intelligence service Säpo have used an exercise app that shared sensitive location data of top politicians, including Sweden's Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson, as reported by Dagens Nyheter.
  • The Strava app publicly shares jogging routes, revealing personal information like home location and holiday spots.
  • Security expert Johan Wiktorin warned that the exposed information could assist terrorist groups in planning attacks.
  • Carolina Björnsdotter Paasikivi, Säpo's head of security, stated, 'The information revealed in this investigation is something we take very seriously,' according to Dagens Nyheter.
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They reportedly published private information 35 times. ...

·Brussels, Belgium
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An analysis of over 1,400 training activities from seven bodyguards revealed a wealth of information about the Swedish prime minister and other politicians, the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter discovered. This isn't the first Strava scandal.

·Netherlands
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The bodyguards of Swedish Prime Minister Kristersson have accidentally made movement data publicly available that allow conclusions to be drawn about the politician's whereabouts.

·Germany
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Ulf Kristersson's sensitive data was shared by his bodyguards on Stravan, jeopardizing the prime minister's security.

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By sharing their jogging routes, the bodyguards revealed the location of the head of government's private home.

·Paris, France
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yle broke the news in Finland on Tuesday, July 8, 2025.
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