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Leaked Docs Reveal List of 30 Countries Hacked On Orders of FBI Informant Sabu
blottsie writes A Federal Bureau of Investigation informant targeted more than two dozen countries in a series of high-profile cyberattacks in 2012. The names of many of those countries have remained secret, under seal by a court order—until now. A cache of leaked IRC chat logs and other documents obtained by the Daily Dot reveals the 30 countries—including U.S. partners, such as the United Kingdom and Australia—tied to cyberattacks carried out under the direction of Hector Xavier Monsegur, better known as Sabu, who served as an FBI informant at the time of the attacks.
Likewise, invading and killing citizen(s) of another country is not attacking that country?
What's your theory of the relationship between a citizen and their country?
They can spin this any way they want, but the only explanation that makes sense is that they were hoping that this operation would at some point lead them to Assange (who had prior contacts with Sabu). Shame on them.
lucm, indeed.
Sabutage? Was the title of this Slashdot post hacked by the FBI as well? :-/
Considering that Israel spies on the United States more than any other ally, I'm surprised they are not on the list.
Follow the press and PR. The US was finding and stopping computer issues around the world in public.
The US was finding out about computer networks around the world.
Information was flowing back to the US using consumer grade networks and tools found in the wild using the pubic as cover.
Recall Operation CHAOS (or Operation MHCHAOS) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... and COINTELPRO https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Just like now domestic groups where needed with liaison services.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
Yes, you would be attacking Mexico. The proper thing to do would be to report the situation to Mexico and work with them for redress by due process of law. That's why we have the notion of "jurisdiction". Doing whatever you wish to, to their citizens, at your personal discretion, is indeed attacking Mexico, both their citizens and their legal system. As well as being murder.
Are you really trying a "think of the children" justification... on Slashdot?
You mean to tell me that the US doesn't even trust the other Five Eyes nations' spy agencies to be able to do this?*
*Yes, I know, to get round legal restrictions, it was very normal for the US to spy on the citizens of the other four and to exchange that data for information collected on US citizens by other members of Five Eyes. However, we now know all the agencies DO spy on their own citizens, routinely. So the US can ask GCHQ to wiretap British citizens in Britain, it doesn't need to spy on Britain itself. This behaviour suggests wheels within wheels.
You mean to tell me that the US isn't all caught up in the US-UK "Special Relationship" stuff?**
**Most Americans were unaware there even was one and get horribly confused when the British talk about it.
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
So, if I walk outside my door and slap my neighbor, am I attacking my own country?
If you think I voted for Trump because of this post, you're wrong. I voted for Dr. Jill Stein of the Green Party. Again.
Many of sites attacked in Brasil were goverment sites. Yes thats attacking a country and i hope ma goverment arrest any FBI agente in brazillian soil.
If they are in Brazillian soil then the arrest is probably too late.
Valid. That said, the government needs to be more careful.
I've decided to stop wasting my time responding to AC trolls/sockpuppets... so if you want a response from me... login.
RE 'US doesn't even trust the other Five Eyes nations' spy agencies to be able to do this?*"
Some data is kept private for 5 Eye political leaders and policy formation over decades or longer.
Some information needs to be laundered in public in the short term to ensure good public relations spin, good news for sock puppets on social media or new public funding for gov/mil.
The press finds a new story.
Domestic spying is now "Benign Information Gathering"
Grovel you worthless peasants. The King does what you are not allowed to do! We call that freedom. Seems like government for and by the people is total bullshit.
The legal liability issue is interesting. Since these actions are illegal in those (attacked) countries, and since most of them have extradition treaties with the USA that means members of the FBI should be subject to extradition and trial in those other countries just as they would be if they had been caught (and prosecuted) for breaking American law. Only without the US government covering up or just plain ignoring US law. In theory we might actually see the US government held accountable.
and I seriously doubt that they sought permission from congress or even the president to go into war with UK...
so is hacking an act of war or not? obviously not.
and now, why would any of those countries arrest anyone and ship them to USA for hacking when USA claims that they're criminals?
(actually this whole thing is result of the fucked fucked fucked up way that is the american criminal "investigation" which basically in many cases is creating crime so that they can then catch the criminals for crimes the authorities arranged to happen)
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
@lucm: "the only explanation that makes sense is that they were hoping that this operation would at some point lead them to Assange (who had prior contacts with Sabu)"
The only other explanation being yet another attempt to discredit Assange by linking him to alleged attempts to 'hack' the Icelandic Ministry of Finance.
targetting a country, means hacking sites that are in another country.
the kind of thing that is "war" when done the other way. so there.
fbi informant is fbi, as far as rest of the planet is concerned, just like a cia informant works for cia - when viewed by the other countrys government.
like, some guy leaks information to CIA from China for money.. do you really think he would be counted as not working for CIA? stupid.
world was created 5 seconds before this post as it is.
In theory we might actually see the US government held accountable.
Ahahahahahahahahahah...
Oh, sorry. For a moment I thought you were serious.
blindly antisocialist = antisocial
Oh, my aching sides! Are you here all week?
apparently cotton subsidies.
http://online.wsj.com/articles...
short and long of it. complaint brought and won by brazil over US cotton subsidies in 2004. penalty of 800 million. Decided to go with 150 million a year.
Washington stopped paying during sequester last year. Brazil threatened to go to the WTO again, they settled for one more payment of 300 million.
so by my count that's 1.5 billion ish for an initial fine of 800 million.
Yes. That's why a part of your country will file assault charges.
Simply stating [Citation Needed] does not automatically make you insightful or brilliant.
Sounds as if, like the rest of the planet, you're stupid.