{"id":8411,"date":"2015-06-15T10:36:16","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T14:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.nccomputertech.com\/?p=8411"},"modified":"2015-06-15T10:36:16","modified_gmt":"2015-06-15T14:36:16","slug":"russia-china-reportedly-crack-snowdens-files-identify-us-uk-spies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccomputertech.com\/techtalk\/2015\/06\/15\/russia-china-reportedly-crack-snowdens-files-identify-us-uk-spies\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia, China reportedly crack Snowden’s files, identify US, UK spies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Russian and Chinese intelligence agencies have reportedly decrypted files of former U.S. National Security Agency contractor and leaker Edward Snowden, and have identified British and U.S. secret agents.<\/p>\n

MI6, the U.K.\u2019s secret intelligence service, has withdrawn agents from overseas operations in hostile countries, according to a report in the Sunday Times of London, citing U.K. government officials and Western intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n

The report contains some apparently contradictory information. Although The Sunday Times quoted a U.K. Home Office official saying that Snowden has \u201cblood on his hands,\u201d it also quoted a government source saying that there was no sign that agents have been hurt.<\/p>\n

Prime Minister David Cameron\u2019s aides, however, confirmed that Snowden\u2019s files are in the hands of Russian and Chinese intelligence agencies, according to the report.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the case that Russians and Chinese have information,\u201d according to one top U.K. government source cited by the report. \u201cIt has meant agents have had to be moved and that knowledge of how we operate has stopped us getting vital information. There is no evidence of anyone being harmed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report quotes David Omand, the former director of the U.K.\u2019s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) intelligence agency, saying that access by Russia and China to Snowden\u2019s material is a \u201chuge strategic setback\u201d that was \u201charming\u201d to the U.K., the U.S. America and their allies.<\/p>\n

The NSA and U.S. Central Intelligence Agency did not reply to requests for comment about the report.<\/p>\n

The first leaks about U.S. surveillance operations from Snowden came out two years ago. Snowden fled the U.S. to go first to Hong Kong before seeking refuge in Russia.<\/p>\n

Snowden has said in the past that he was capable of preventing files that he obtained from being decrypted by foreign intelligence agencies. The information he leaked has led to ongoing debate in the U.S. about the scope of government spying. Just last week, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to curb the NSA\u2019s bulk collection of domestic telephone records, sending the bill to President Barack Obama for his signature.<\/p>\n

via Russia, China reportedly crack Snowden’s files, identify US, UK spies | PCWorld<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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