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NSA Infected 50,000 Computer Networks With Malicious Software

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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  1. Re:Belgium is a NATO member by shentino · · Score: 4, Informative

    NSA is a subagency of the DOD and is headquartered inside a military base.

  2. Re:Belgium is a NATO member by Angeret · · Score: 5, Informative

    Didn't stop them from scaring seven shades of shit out of the Russians before, during and after WWII though.

  3. Re:Reality check by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Laws are what civilized people follow.

  4. Re:Belgium is a NATO member by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Informative

    You are aware that the Director of the NSA is Keith Alexander, an active duty 4-star general in the US Army, right? If you look at the previous NSA Directors, you'll probably notice a curious pattern.

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  5. Re:Belgium is a NATO member by NettiWelho · · Score: 4, Informative

    For contrast, Finland has a population significantly smaller than New York City.

    And the original question was "What country doesn't spy on allies?"

  6. Re:Act of war. by NoKaOi · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wasn't this exactly what the USA declared to be considered an act of war, that would justify retaliation with conventional weapons?

    And the people with political power are the ones who stand to get even richer if it does start another war (digital or conventional). They don't care who else dies or if the economy as a whole goes down the shitter as long as they make money. The US's defense budget is HUGE, how much of that goes to private contracts? In 2011, $374 billion went to private contracts, 15 times greater than any other US federal agency.

  7. Re:Belgium is a NATO member by NoKaOi · · Score: 4, Informative

    AFAIK it is illegal for Finnish government agents to stage hostile operations inside foreign nations.

    It is illegal for the NSA to do what they are doing too, but that doesn't seem to be stopping them.

  8. Re:Tell that to Gary McKinnon by gweihir · · Score: 3, Informative

    His guilt depends. A few years back, a Swiss court decided with regard to somebody breaking into computers at the WEF, that a default password was equivalent to no password and a software secured by a default password was the same as unsecured software and hence no breaking in had happened, but rather access to a public resource. Accordingly, the person responsible walked. I find that quite a sensible verdict.

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  9. Re:NSA's relationship to AV companies by AHuxley · · Score: 4, Informative

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Lantern_(software) was the hint at that within the USA.
    If in doubt change brands and try Kaspersky.

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  10. Re:Act of war. by Zontar+The+Mindless · · Score: 3, Informative

    There's that annoying word "adhering"... You need to show allegiance to a specific, declared enemy in time of war to prove treason.

    Criminal, yes. Betrayal, yes. Treason, no.

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