Porn trade leads to a military security leak
A Japanese naval officer is in big trouble after he allegedly swapped porn with a mate of his and accidentally also giving away classified information. Reuters has covered the story here.
While copying adult videos on a hard drive for his pal, the currently unnamed naval officer allegedly also copied information about the Aegis missile defense system. The aegis is used on Japanese destroyers that are to be fitted with SM-3 missile interceptors from this year as part of the missile defense program.
The naval officer to whom the adult video and aegis information was copied for is married to a Chinese woman and after taking the hard drive with the information home, investigators are worried about a possible security leak.
Any defense leak could potentially affect Japan’s biggest ally, the United States, whose navy also uses the Aegis system.
“I’m aware of the ongoing investigation,” Bruce Wright, the commander of U.S. forces in Japan, told reporters.
“We take operational security very seriously in the U.S. military. I know the Japan Self-Defence Forces also take operation security seriously.”
Spokesmen for the Defence Ministry and local police declined to comment on the investigation.
Poor Mari….she’s my favorite. If I ever become a j-pop singer and part of the...
Shes definitely at the top of my hot list.
perfeckt 10:10
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April 6th, 2007 at 6:11 pmThe leak has already happened. Theres a man already on trial in the US who worked for the company that maintained the Aegis system who sold the technology blueprints to China. The worst this could happen is that this gives China a list of security codes or ship locations etc. Its how China keeps up with other with other countries without taking the risks and costs associated with developing their own technology, thus leveraging a small defense budget into a more effective one. The Japanese story just adds the funny twist of a lonely guy and porn.
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/03/ap_espionage_trial_070329/
April 7th, 2007 at 12:51 amPotential racial profiling and irresponsible porn swaps…Just what the doctor ordered!
April 7th, 2007 at 2:30 am“Police launched a probe last week after a navy officer… was found to have taken home a computer disk containing information about the high-tech Aegis radar system… .”
Wait. How did the police become involved? Did the navy officer realize what happened and started the procedures when he notified his commanding officer or did someone notice that the classified information was copied when it wasn’t suppose to and that triggered an investigation or… what?
April 7th, 2007 at 2:37 am[...] JAPAN – Porn trade leads to a military security leak “A Japanese naval officer is in big trouble after he allegedly swapped porn with a mate of his and accidentally also giving away classified information” [...]
April 9th, 2007 at 10:19 pmI saw comments about racial profiling… When it comes to the military, and especially security clearance, racial profiling is a very big part of it.
The guy that got the files probably did not have clearance for them because of his wife. That is just a part of the military. We are paranoid as hell so that civilians don’t have to be.
I don’t like it much myself, but I understand it.
I am looking into the article now myself. The original source seems to have gone away, but there is still info about it all over the web. I am thinking of using it as a source for a paper on IA.
November 14th, 2008 at 8:59 pm