Galka forwards millions of sensitive Pentagon emails to Mali

In recent years, millions of emails addressed to Pentagon officials have been inadvertently sent to accounts in Mali due to a typographical error, the US Department of Defense said on Monday.

Crash occurred when emails were meant for accounts .thousandUS military account addresses were sent to domains .ml in Mali, a political and military ally of Russia.

In a statement released Monday, the Pentagon said it was aware of what happened and that it was “seriously” taking all unauthorized national security disclosures or unclassified information, Efe reported.

The same note indicated that the Pentagon has policies, training, and technical controls in place to ensure that emails from the domain .thousand don’t visit the wrong domains.

“Although it is not possible to implement technical controls to prevent the use of personal email accounts for government purposes, the Department continues to train and advise employees,” he concluded.

Pentagon Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh clarified at a press conference that none of the emails reaching the Malian accounts were from an official US military account. If an email was sent due to a typo in your account .mlthis message is being returned, he clarified.

“None of the reported emails came from a Department of Defense account,” the deputy spokeswoman said, adding that Department of Defense employees are always strongly advised not to use their personal accounts for official purposes.

One of those messages, detailed to CNN, contained room numbers for Army Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville and his entourage during their trip to Indonesia in May.