The Inside Story of How British Spies Hacked Belgium's Largest Telco
The British government infected Belgacom with among the most advanced malware ever seen.
The British government infected Belgacom with among the most advanced malware ever seen.
There are several brief points worth noting about all of this: (1) For those who ask "what should be done?," has the hideous aftermath of the NATO intervention in Libya - hailed as a grand success for "humanitarian interventions" - not taught the crucial lessons that (a) bombing for ostensibly "humanitarian" ends virtually never fulfills the claimed goals but rather almost always makes the situation worse; (b) the U.S. military is not designed, and is not deployed, for "humanitarian" purposes?; and (c) the U.S. military is not always capable of "doing something" positive about every humanitarian crisis even if that were really the goal of U.S. officials?
A secret 2009 report contemplates spying to bolster corporate profits — despite loud government denials.
"Regin" is believed to be behind cyberattacks on the European Union.
The threat of the "Khorasan Group" was trotted out to justifying bombing Syria. Then it just evaporated.
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