Information about military movements in Iraq ends up on Internet

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By Chiyomi Sumida and David Allen, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Friday, December 1, 2006

NAHA, Okinawa — Japanese officials confirmed Thursday that information about U.S. and coalition military movements in Iraq were broadcast by mistake on the Internet.

The leaked information originated with a Japanese Air Self-Defense Forces second lieutenant deployed to Iraq and now assigned to the JASDF’s Naha Air Base, Japanese media reported. Police seized the lieutenant’s personal computer Wednesday.

“We learned that information was leaked on the Internet through a privately owned computer, which was infected with a virus through Winny, a file-sharing program,” a JASDF spokesman told Stars and Stripes.

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“As far as the content of the leaked material, we will refrain from making any comment because there is a risk of encouraging further research and, consequently, further spread of the information,” said Maj. Kazutomo Takahashi of the JASDF public affairs office.

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