A Dutch journalist tracked a naval vessel in the Mediterranean by mailing a hidden Bluetooth tracker, exploiting a gap in military mail screening. The Navy discovered and disabled the device within 24 hours, but the incident revealed the carrier strike group could have been compromised. Dutch authorities now ban electronic greeting cards from naval vessels and have upgraded mail x-ray screening.
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Hiding Bluetooth Trackers in Mail
A hidden Bluetooth tracker mailed to a Mediterranean carrier strike group exposed military mail screening vulnerabilities, revealing how off-the-shelf tracking devices could enable adversary monitoring of high-value naval assets.
Friday, April 24, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Schneier on SecurityBY sys://pipeline
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