Army sends 27,000 text messages to members of the armed forces during the night
Published: Thursday, Oct 3rd 2024, 15:50
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27,000 members of the armed forces received a text message from the Swiss Armed Forces on Thursday night. Among them were people who received the message by mistake.
The sender wrote: "You have received a new message on www.portal-armee.ch. Kind regards, your army". At the request of the Keystone-SDA news agency, the Federal Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sport (DDPS) confirmed the incident. The online news portal Watson first reported on Thursday.
The message was sent due to a technical problem during the release of the digital marching orders, the statement continued. In addition to text messages, relatives also received emails.
According to the DDPS, the army does not know how many people received the text message in error. The members of the armed forces who received the message in error are people who are not yet registered for the service manager. They can ignore the message, as there is no need to take any action.
The army apologizes to those affected for the inconvenience.
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