[Infowarrior] - How the NSA Hacks Cellphone Networks Worldwide

[Richard Forno]

Operation Auroragold: How the NSA Hacks Cellphone Networks Worldwide
By Ryan Gallagher

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According to documents contained in the archive of material provided to The Intercept by whistleblower Edward Snowden, the NSA has spied on hundreds of companies and organizations internationally, including in countries closely allied to the United States, in an effort to find security weaknesses in cellphone technology that it can exploit for surveillance.

The documents also reveal how the NSA plans to secretly introduce new flaws into communication systems so that they can be tapped into—a controversial tactic that security experts say could be exposing the general population to criminal hackers.

Codenamed AURORAGOLD, the covert operation has monitored the content of messages sent and received by more than 1,200 email accounts associated with major cellphone network operators, intercepting confidential company planning papers that help the NSA hack into phone networks.

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https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/12/04/nsa-auroragold-hack-cellphones/


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