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. ...
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.
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.
Ulf Kristersson's sensitive data was shared by his bodyguards on Stravan, jeopardizing the prime minister's security.
By sharing their jogging routes, the bodyguards revealed the location of the head of government's private home.
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