Ricardo Cappelli, acting minister of the Corporate Security Cabinet (GSI), Brazilian agencies use WhatsApp to share sensitive national security information.
“It is inappropriate for classified intelligence reports from one country to go through a private company’s messaging app in a foreign country. This is not about xenophobia or conspiracy. We are dealing with national sovereignty,” he pointed out on social networks.
Cappelli’s displeasure referred to an article in the newspaper. Newspaper It turned out that the Brazilian Intelligence Agency (Abin) notified the members of the GSI, the Ministry of Justice and other institutions that there may be coup actions against the 3 Great Powers on January 8 through the applications.
Abin’s communications, for example, were sent via the messaging app to GSI prime minister Gonçalves Dias, who was dismissed after he was caught with the putschists in January.
Cappelli also argued that other countries have created a complete cybersecurity framework to handle strategic communications. He even quoted an incident where emails were occupied by former president Dilma Rousseff to justify his position.
“There is no Intelligence Center in Brazil responsible for coordinating all available intelligence in different agencies. Who is the Highest Authority? There is no unity of command. When it fails, one company pushes it to another. That’s the important question,” he added.
Source: Tec Mundo
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