Top secret German military meetings about Taurus missiles were easily accessible online, reflecting a serious lapse in security, it has emerged.
An investigation by Die Zeit newspaper found that details of over 6,000 past and future meetings were accessible on the internet. They included the subject matter of the meeting and the names of its participants.
While it’s not thought hackers had access to actual recordings of past discussions, they could have attempted to gain access to them with the details available online.
The security flaws were found in the video conferencing software Webex, with information being hosted on internal Bundeswehr servers. The URL links to conferences included a simple series of consecutive numbers, which would have been easily guessable by hackers, said the team from Netzbegruendung, a group of IT experts affiliated with the Greens Party.
Among the meetings that were at risk were ones labelled “sensitive”. They included discussions on Taurus cruise missiles, Meteor air-to-air missiles and the “digital battlefield”.