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| The NSA or National Security Agency spies legally and illegally (Corbis/NRC.nl) |
The American intelligence service -- NSA --
infected more than 50,000 computer networks worldwide with malicious
software designed to steal sensitive information.
Documents provided by
former NSA-employee Edward Snowden and seen by this newspaper, prove
this. A management presentation dating from 2012 explains how the
NSA collects information worldwide.
In addition, the presentation shows
that the intelligence service uses "Computer Network Exploitation"
(CNE) in more than 50,000 locations. CNE is the secret infiltration of
computer systems achieved by installing malware, that is, malicious software.
One example of this type of hacking was discovered in September
2013 at the Belgium telecom provider Belgacom. For a number of years the
British intelligence service -- GCHQ -- has been installing this
malicious software in the Belgacom network in order to tap their
customers’ telephone and data traffic.
The Belgacom network was
infiltrated by GCHQ through a process of luring employees to a false
Linkedin page.
NSA has 1,000+ hackers
The
NSA computer attacks are performed by a special department called TAO
(Tailored Access Operations). Public sources show that this department
employs more than 1,000 hackers. As recently as August 2013, the Washington Post published articles about these NSA-TAO cyber operations. More
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