Countries condemn UK's eavesdropping
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June 18, 2013, Tuesday
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A NEWSPAPER report that Britain's eavesdropping agency GCHQ repeatedly hacked into foreign diplomats' phones and e-mails has prompted an angry response from Russia and demands for an investigation from Turkey and South Africa.
The Guardian's report laid out in explicit detail steps taken to monitor foreign officials' conversations, saying that British spies had hacked e-mails, stolen passwords and went so far as to set up a bugged Internet cafe in an effort to get an edge in high-stakes negotiations.
The Guardian cited more than half a dozen documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden as the basis for its report on GCHQ's intelligence operations, which it says involved, among other things, hacking into the South African foreign ministry's computer network, targeting the Turkish delegation at the 2009 G20 summit and monitoring the satellite communications of Russia's Dmitry Medvedev.
Russia and Turkey described the reported activities as a "scandal." South African diplomats demanded an investigation.
The Guardian's report laid out in explicit detail steps taken to monitor foreign officials' conversations, saying that British spies had hacked e-mails, stolen passwords and went so far as to set up a bugged Internet cafe in an effort to get an edge in high-stakes negotiations.
The Guardian cited more than half a dozen documents provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden as the basis for its report on GCHQ's intelligence operations, which it says involved, among other things, hacking into the South African foreign ministry's computer network, targeting the Turkish delegation at the 2009 G20 summit and monitoring the satellite communications of Russia's Dmitry Medvedev.
Russia and Turkey described the reported activities as a "scandal." South African diplomats demanded an investigation.
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