Sweden charges man for spreading sensitive military information online
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish prosecutors said that a 50-year-old man was charged on Thursday with spreading sensitive military information online.
The man, who authorities didn’t identify, administered a database that was used for the exchange of secret information, said Lars Hedvall, a senior prosecutor with the National Security Unit. The information was posted in a forum that he allegedly was responsible for.
He was charged with suspected “gross unauthorized possession of secret information” and sharing “secret and sensitive information about a large number of defense facilities” online.
Hedvall called the man’s alleged actions “serious” because the information was “of great importance for the defense of the kingdom.”
It is unclear whether a foreign power actually got hold of the information that was spread on the unnamed forum where he posted the information.
Hedvall told Swedish news agency TT that the 50-year man is ”a private person who has a very big interest in defense facilities.” Citing the charge sheet, TT said the man disseminated secret and sensitive information about a large number of defense facilities between 2015 and 2017.
Sweden’s domestic security agency was involved in the investigation. No date for a trial was announced.