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Some Hackers Unknowingly Gathering Intel For the NSA

Posted by timothy on from the and-while-you're-at-it dept.

itwbennett writes As reported Wednesday by the news website The Intercept, the U.S. National Security Agency and its intelligence partners are sifting through data stolen by state-sponsored and freelance hackers on a regular basis in search of valuable information. A page from an internal wiki used by the intelligence agencies of the U.S., Canada and the U.K, which was last modified in 2012 and was among the files leaked by Edward Snowden reads: "Hackers are stealing the emails of some of our targets... by collecting the hackers' 'take' we 1) get access to the emails ourselves and 2) get insights into who's being hacked."

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  1. And now for something completely different... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    This story reads like a Monty Python movie credit - "Those responsible for hacking the people who have just been hacked have been hacked."

  2. How is this Canada ? by Crashmarik · · Score: 3, Funny

    Really

    Shouldn't there be an octopus strangling the globe or maybe a man in black icon for this

    1. Re:How is this Canada ? by RelaxedTension · · Score: 3, Funny

      Because we're the only country that doesn't have any oversight at all. Who do you think is really in charge of five eyes? It's always the quiet, polite ones that you need to be worried about.

  3. Re:What I want to know is? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    As Americans, there are some values we cherish above others, which you Eurotrash with your lack of a Bill of Rights or the fire of the Declaration of Independence, would never understand.

    And among those American values that we try to live our lives by, and teach to our childen through constant example, there is only one that we hold higher and more idealistic esteem than cowardice. And that premiere value is apathy. If you care about anything, that's not cool, and so, you aren't cool. And if you care and are willing to speak up about it, that's even not-cooler.