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UK's GCHQ Admits To Using Vulnerabilities To Hack Target Systems

Posted by timothy on from the but-we're-your-friends dept.

Bismillah (993337) writes "Lawyers for the GCHQ have told the Investigatory Powers Tribunal in the UK that the agency carries out the same illegal Computer Network Exploitation (CNE) operations that criminals and hackers do. Except they do it legally. GCHQ is currently being taken to court by Privacy International and five ISPs from UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Zimbabwe and South Korea for CNE operations that the agency will not confirm nor deny as per praxis."

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  1. Re:Per praxis? by Chrisq · · Score: 5, Funny

    will not confirm nor deny as per praxis.

    What does an explodey Klingon moon have to do with this?

    Didn't you know that the UK establishment is run by Klingons? Though they have let a Ferengi and a Vulcan enter the government too.