‘Spies’ Use Bogus Facebook Account

Spies opened a fake Facebook account under the name of NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander Adm. James Stavridis, and fooled senior British defense and government officials into accepting friend requests, The Sunday Telegraph reported.

The incident allowed the reportedly Chinese spies access to the personal email and contact information of some British officials, but it was unlikely any military secrets were compromised, the newspaper said.

“Discussions/chats/postings on Facebook are of course only about unclassified topics,” a NATO official said of the information that was accessed.

Adm. Stavridis leads the US European Command.

NATO officials confirmed that Stavridis had been the target of a fake Facebook profile, but they refused to speculate on the origin of the security breach.-[source]