A British soldier has been jailed after a phone was hacked during a NATO exercise in Estonia.
Lance Corporal Daniel Barton-Kennedy, 28, was the victim of hackers who stole nude photos from his phone while he was participating in NATO's Eastern Combatant exercise in Estonia. According to the Daily Mail, the criminals were given £100 and then demanded £250.
The investigation showed that military personnel during exercises in Estonia were prohibited from leaving SIM cards in their phones due to "significant interest of the allegedly Russian special services". A British soldier is required to remove his card when leaving the UK and cancel the geo-location. However, he deliberately violated the order to keep in touch with their loved ones.
According to the newspaper Ani Nair, Barton-Kennedy was forced to confess to the crime before the police, for which he was sentenced to ten months in prison.