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A French Navy officer accidentally leaked the location of an aircraft carrier by logging his run on Strava

ID: 5c663d11-1f85-595d-8d28-a5b196c4bd78

STIX ID: report--5c663d11-1f85-595d-8d28-a5b196c4bd78

Feed Name: TechCrunch Security News

Threat Score
30/100

Date Published: 2026-03-20

Date Updated: 2026-04-23

Author: Amanda Silberling

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A French Navy officer uploaded a public Strava workout from the deck of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle, inadvertently revealing the ship's exact location while it transited to the Middle East. The report highlights that Strava defaults to public routes, has previously been used to locate military assets, and reinforces the operational-security risk posed by publicly shared fitness data.

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