You’d think some people would know better when it comes to keeping sensitive information off the Web.
Shelley Sawers, wife of the new head of the British Secret Intelligence Service MI6, opened a Facebook account and posted photographs of her family, the location of their home and the identities of several close family friends and associates.
Her husband must’ve been pretty surprised to learn his wife had posted such personal information (as well as pictures of him in his swim trunks) on a social networking site, given that MI6 employees are bound by strict secrecy guidelines.
Mrs. Sawers’ family will most-likely need to be moved and her children may now need extra protection.
The move was not only an embarrassment for her husband, but the British government, which just announced its new “strategy for cyber security,” a cross-government program to address the UK’s cyber security issues.
You may not be head of the Secret Intelligence Service, but how important do you think it is to keep personal information or pictures off social networking sites?
