“Our communication systems are not and have not been compromised,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said Tuesday at a news conference in Berlin.

“The reason that the phone call could still be recorded in the ranks of the air force is due to an individual application error. Not all participants adhered to the secure dialing procedure as prescribed. According to current knowledge, data was leaked from the participant in Singapore. He was connected via an unauthorized connection, i.e., virtually via an open connection,” Pistorius said.

That some Grade A bullshit spin there Mr. Defense Minister. This is exactly how things get “compromised”. The problem isn’t that the one person screwed up. The problem is that your system is designed so that one person screwing up fucks your security. The secure system should be authenticating the lines calling in and verifying that they are actually from the people and types of systems you expect them to be from.

Your comms system was compromised. Instead of trying to spin it, maybe try actually fixing the issue.