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21 Nov, 6 tweets, 2 min read
Dutch journalist @danielverlaan took part in a meeting of EU defense ministers, after the Dutch minister tweeted a picture with the meeting ID and 5 out of 6 digits of her pincode. User name 'admin' did the job. Such digital incompetence in 2020 is unbelievable.
Can you believe it?
This was obviously a major blunder by NL minister of defense Bijleveld, but who the heck organizes a secret EU defense meeting in this way? We're 8 months into the corona crisis here.
Message from the minister:
(July 2020)
I admit this story has funny elements, but it mainly makes me angry.
Imagine Putin's face when he learned about this.

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Wow, 10 years ahead!
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