Snowden exposes U.S. attack on Chinese network system

U.S. "Intercept" magazine reported on the 11th that some documents recently exposed by the "Prism" incident and former U.S. National Security Agency employee Edward Snowden showed that the U.S. National Security Agency has deployed intelligence personnel in China, Germany, and South Korea to use Physical means secretly penetrated and disrupted the network systems of these countries.

These highly confidential documents revealed a large number of relevant espionage activities of the US National Security Agency. They said that the US National Security Agency not only monitors through remote computer terminals but also dispatches intelligence personnel on the ground and cooperates with the CIA, the FBI, and the Pentagon’s spy. .

The documents show that these intelligence personnel are usually stationed in embassies and other "overseas locations" but did not specify them and did not disclose the contents of the intelligence personnel and the scale of the operations.

However, the documents show that the US National Security Agency has assigned intelligence personnel to China, Germany and South Korea to steal network data and sensitive communications intelligence. "Intercept" magazine said that these three countries are major producers of communications equipment, and China has always been the focus of US intelligence activities.

"Intercept" cyber magazine said in the report that the purpose of these espionage activities is to attack the network systems of the above countries. Outside the U.S. National Security Agency, only a handful of U.S. government officials are aware of the content of the action.

The newly disclosed documents did not reveal the identity and number of U.S. government officials who knew the above-mentioned highly confidential activities. At present, it is unclear whether these actions have been approved by the US Congress or the judiciary.

In addition, the documents previously disclosed by Snowden stated that the U.S. National Security Agency used several major U.S. communications companies to obtain personal information from users. However, the newly disclosed documents show that the cooperation between these companies and US intelligence agencies is more extensive than previously thought. For example, the National Security Agency cooperates with American and foreign companies to crack the encryption system and invade the computer network.

The document also shows that the National Security Agency has placed some covert operations personnel in commercial companies. It implanted undercover personnel in foreign companies and facilitated its access to global communications systems to steal information. Previous reports revealed that the National Security Bureau has been trying to persuade some American companies to install "back doors" to destroy the encryption system of their products to facilitate their espionage activities.

The report also noted that after Snowden in 2013 disclosed that US intelligence personnel had stolen personal communications from German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the relationship between the United States and Germany became complicated. U.S. President Barack Obama later promised the German government that the United States will stop espionage against Merkel.