Bodyguards for the Swedish royal family and Sweden’s Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson accidentally revealed top-secret location info via a fitness app.
The New York Times shared the information published by the Swedish newspaper Dagens Nyheter this week. Using the Strava app, Dagens Nyheter was able to track over 1,400 workouts by seven bodyguards over the past year, revealing the prime minister’s home address, King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia’s vacation information, top state meetings and more.
According to The Guardian, their tracked movements included spots around the world, from Central Park in New York City to areas close to the Ukrainian border in Poland.
“The Swedish Security Police take the information very seriously,” said a spokesperson for Säkerhetspolisen (SÄPO), per NBC News. “This is a matter of data that could be used to gather information about the activities of our Service.”
“Dignitaries that our Service is responsible for protecting are subject to several layers of protection, where their close protection by bodyguards is one layer,” the spokesperson added. “Our Service is now taking the necessary steps to ensure that our procedures are followed closely, so that this does not happen again.”
King Carl Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden.
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The prime minister’s office and the Swedish Royal Court did not offer a comment on the report. Dagens Nyheter reported that Swedish police were investigating the data.
“To be clear, there has not been a leak or breach of user data,” a Strava spokesman told The New York Times. “We expect Strava users working in sensitive professions to leverage the privacy settings available.”
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This isn’t the first time Strava has given away the movements of world leaders. In 2024, French newspaper Le Monde examined “security holes” that revealed the locations of France’s President Emmanuel Macron, then-U.S. President Joe Biden, and more.