Sweden’s new security adviser quits over ‘sensitive’ photos

STOCKHOLM: Sweden´s new national security adviser has resigned just hours after being appointed after old photos of a “sensitive nature” from a dating app emerged, the government said on Friday.

Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson acknowledged “a systemic failure” in government security clearance procedures. Tobias Thyberg, a 49-year-old diplomat who has served as Sweden´s ambassador to Ukraine and Afghanistan among other positions over a 24-year career, was appointed to the position on Thursday. He quit the job less than 12 hours later after newspaper Dagens Nyheter (DN) confronted him with photos of a “sensitive nature” from his past.