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Seven ISPs Take Legal Action Against GCHQ

Posted by Unknown on from the ways-to-get-on-a-watch-list dept.

mrspoonsi (2955715) writes with this excerpt from the BBC: ISPs from the U.S., UK, Netherlands, and South Korea have joined forces with campaigners Privacy International to take GCHQ to task over alleged attacks on network infrastructure. It is the first time that GCHQ has faced such action. The ISPs claim that alleged network attacks, outlined in a series of articles in Der Spiegel and the Intercept, were illegal and "undermine the goodwill the organizations rely on." The complaint (PDF).

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  1. Re:WTF by zakeria · · Score: 4, Funny

    UK == United Kingdom

  2. Re:WTF by rossdee · · Score: 4, Funny

    My guess would be General Communication Head Quarters

    UK has lots of secret government organisations, that answer directly to the PM and cabinet, not to parliament.
    MI5, MI6, Special Branch, UNIT and TORCHWOOD

  3. Re:WTF by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Der Spiegel - Distributed Enhanced Reprint of Soviet Propaganda In East Germany, Electronic edition.

  4. Re:WTF by Rashdot · · Score: 5, Funny

    ISPs = plural of ISP
    U.S. = United States
    shithead = mirror

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