El Reg reports:
The National Security Agency (NSA) has, since 2004, sent spies into private companies in a bid to compromise networks from within, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
Agents sent in by the NSA targeted global communications firms under a highly classified 'core secrets' program dubbed Sentry Eagle, previously known only to a handful of officials.
The documents[1] published by Snowden mouthpiece The Intercept indicate operatives in the core secrets program worked in concert with companies to weaken encryption and spent hundreds of millions of dollars to break security mechanisms.
Draft documents published online detailing Sentry Eagle explain that the program used the "full capabilities" of signals intelligence (SIGINT), computer exploitation, defence and network warfare to ensure the protection of US cyberspace.
The document listed facts ranging from unclassified to top secret necessitating "extraordinary protection", and demonstrated the chasm between unclassified information the NSA saw fit for public consumption and that appearing at times too sensitive for the eyes of allies.
[1] All content is behind scripts.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday October 21 2014, @07:18AM
Yes, we all knew it would come to this. Alright! Sentry Eagles, present! We need to know who you are! Of course, we already do, really, since eagles are not actually the smartest birds, being carrion feeders and what not. That is why Ben Franklin wanted the Wild Turkey to be the national bird! Now there is a fowl you would not be able to detect on an internet forum! Talk about gooble-gooble! That troll talk would never be found!
(Score: 5, Informative) by c0lo on Tuesday October 21 2014, @07:58AM
Page 6, point d. reads (with my emphasis and their SHOUTING):
Checks and balances? Why, yes... as long as their meaning relates with banking and weighting respectively.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 21 2014, @03:36PM
Recent public complaints from Intelligence/security agencies about publizied efforts to add encryption seem to be more about convincing people that these devices are safe from prying eyes.
In fact, even if the encryption is secure those agencies can simply capture the data in the clear at the endpoint, or add malware that disables the encryption silently or simply captures your credentials.
(Score: 1) by Anonoob on Tuesday October 21 2014, @08:37PM
had a giggle seeing this story (3 comments) is flanked by detatchable penis (39 comments) and legalised maryjane (49 comments).