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<p>The Ministry of Defence takes the security of our people, our information and our
systems very seriously. While all sensitive information is shared on systems which
would prevent such misdirection, policies are put in place on all email systems to
minimise the risk of such mistakes. On OFFICIAL systems, data loss prevention tools
will prompt users who seek to send OFFICIAL-SENSITIVE information outside of Government
domains, drawing attention to, and allowing the correction of, errors such as mistyped
domain names.</p><p> </p><p>Investigations are still ongoing however to date, we have
identified 55 emails that have been sent to the .ML top level domain since January
2022. Of these, it is assessed that 15 were misdirected emails, that were destined
for a .MIL address. We are confident that this small number of emails did not contain
any technical data or information that could compromise operational security. Seven
of these were sent in 2022, and eight in 2023.</p>
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