Belarus claims that this popular AR game that broke record worldwide in 2016-17 was a ‘CIA tool’

A Belarusian defence ministry official has claimed that Western intelligence agencies used the augmented reality game Pokemon Go as a tool for spying. According to a report by Belarus publication CTB (seen by The Register), Alexander Ivanov, the head of the ideological work department at Belarus’s defence ministry, made these claims when he was asked about potential targets for spies at a local TV talk show.