British soldier ignored order to pull his SIM card, then got blackmailed

🇬🇧 Ars Technica (GB) —

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A British soldier who failed to remove his SIM card despite repeated pre-deployment instructions was blackmailed after being targeted for sextortion. He was court-martialed over the incident, which highlights the risks of poor device security during deployment.

Soldier told repeatedly to lock down devices before deploying, got sextorted, court-martialed.

Security British Army SIM card device security sextortion court-martial deployment

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