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Or, how public information and a \u20ac5 tracker exposed an avoidable opsec lapse<\/h4>\n

Militaries around the world spend countless hours training, developing policies, and implementing best operational security practices, so imagine the size of the egg on the face of the Dutch navy when journalists managed to track one of its warships for less than the cost of some hagelslag and a coffee.\u2026<\/p>\n

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Or, how public information and a \u20ac5 tracker exposed an avoidable opsec lapse Militaries around the world spend countless hours training, developing policies, and implementing best operational security practices, so imagine the size of the egg on the face of the Dutch navy when journalists managed to track one of its warships for less than the cost of some hagelslag and a coffee.\u2026 READ MORE HERE…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-register"],"yoast_head":"\nOpsec oopsie: Dutch navy frigate location outed by mailing it a Bluetooth tracker 2026 | ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ThreatsHub Cybersecurity News | ThreatsHub.org | 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