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Sunday, April 17, 2011

MoD leaks nuclear sub info on website

Trafalgar-class submarineThe Ministry of Defence has dropped a major Internet clanger and accidentally revealed secret information on Britain’s nuclear submarines online.

The Daily Star spotted the classified report which had been published on the Parliament website, with the key details blacked out. However, the censorship method used was woeful to say the least.

In a blunder worthy of Homer Simpson himself, MoD staff simply blacked out the text, but left the actual letters in place.

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