NSA Infected 50,000 Computer Networks With Malicious Software

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NSA Infected 50,000 Computer Networks With Malicious Software

Posted by Unknown on Saturday November 23, 2013 @10:22AM from the pretty-sure-that's-illegal dept.

rtoz writes "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 show."

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Re:Belgium is a NATO member by Anonymous Coward · 2013-11-23 11:19 · Score: 5, Funny

New Yorkers do that to people all the time.
Re:Business is business by Anonymous Coward · 2013-11-23 11:24 · Score: 3, Funny

Any breach of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act will be dealt with swiftly and harshly. I'm sure the FBI is driving over there right now to investigate.
Re:Belgium is a NATO member by Anonymous Coward · 2013-11-23 11:28 · Score: 5, Funny

If you look at the previous NSA Directors, you'll probably notice a curious pattern.
They're all white men?
Re:Belgium is a NATO member by Anonymous Coward · 2013-11-23 11:55 · Score: 1, Funny

New Yorkers are all talk.
that's why they never shut up. new york and new jersey and detroit can all go to hell really.
Re:Belgium is a NATO member by Anonymous Coward · 2013-11-23 12:13 · Score: 1, Funny

Some of them smell too.
Re:Belgium is a NATO member by Anonymous Coward · 2013-11-23 13:19 · Score: 2, Funny

New Yorkers do that to people all the time.
And now you know why we picked an island to call New York.
So we could keep them with their own kind.
Re:Belgium is a NATO member by davester666 · 2013-11-23 18:01 · Score: 5, Funny

I didn't think the NSA considers US citizens as "allies". More like "terrorists with no known links to proven terrorists".

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