Whatsapp voice calls used to inject israeli spyware on phones. This is one aspect of the nsa scandal we are hearing very little about, yet the israel connection may be key to seeing the big picture. Nsa spying controversy highlights embrace of big data. Former israeli intel official claims jeffrey epstein. Essentially, it is now claimed israeli spies hacked into kasperskys backend. Two israeli high tech firms verint and narus with ties to the israeli secret police mossad, have provided the spy software for the nsa and this, of course, has opened a window for israeli spying in the us against americans opposed to the zionist state. Nsa shared americans private communications with israel snowden former u. Israeli firms in middle of nsa spy scandal turkish forum. National security agency head paid secret visit to israel are.
Israeli spying in america, a national security scandal how do i want to rob, cheat and lie to thee. The nsa surveillance controversy explained in five simple. The nsas decision to give away that code to developers has helped fuel what is now a booming trend in technology known as big data. Israeli spies watched russian agents breach kaspersky software. Snowden documents reveal nsa gave israeli spies raw emails. Israel is a key ally outside the nsa as has been documented in the israeli press haaretz june 8, 20. In 2015, israeli government hackers saw something suspicious in the computers of a moscowbased cybersecurity firm. It was developed by the israeli cyberarms firm, nso group. Two secretive israeli companies reportedly bugged the us telecommunications grid for the nsa.
The trojanized firmware lets attackers stay on the system even through software updates. Israeli spying in america, a national security scandal. The snooping also reportedly eavesdropped on some members of congress private talks. Behind the nsa scandal lurks the hegemonic ambitions of the zionist entity including its grip with the consent of a. What russian hackers, american spies, the israeli intelligence service, and. Two israeli hightech companies verint and narus with links to israeli intelligence mossad provided the spying sofware to the nsa and this, in turn has allowed israeli espionage against the americans opposed to the zionist state. Former nsa official and whistleblower william binney spoke at a centre for investigative journalism conference in london. The nsa leaving data harvesting, data mining and data milling activity to the mossad is leaving a fox guarding a henhouse. European outrage grows over widening nsa spy scandal germanys merkel indicates she is not placated by talk with obama after revelation her calls were monitored by us intelligence. Senior administration officials secretly facilitated the sale of arms to the. Netanyahu and his advisers had leaked details of the u. According to the nytimes, nso group sold its highlyadvanced pegasus software to infiltrate mobile devices held by human rights lawyers, journalists and activists fighting government corruption.
Israel hacked kaspersky, then tipped the nsa that its. But behind its curtains of secrecy, the secretive spying agency is relying on contractors with checkered pasts and ties to israeli intelligence to. Justice department documents recently released by the national archives confirm what some inslaw witnesses have been saying for decades. Former israeli intel official claims jeffrey epstein, ghislaine maxwell worked for israel a recent interview given by a former highranking official in israeli military intelligence has claimed. Verin, narus, nice, amdocs are directly or indirectly involved in a vast network of espionage on global citizens, their governments, regional institutions etc. Afterschool programs for 1618 year olds, teaching computer coding and hacking skills, also serve as a feeder programs. The nsa surveillance controversy explained in five simple points. Exploiting the popular kaspersky antivirus software, russian hackers searched millions of computers for american intelligence keywords. Israel hacked kaspersky and caught russian spies using av tool to. Israeli intelligence whistleblowers expose israels nsa. Israel is a key overseas ally of the national security agency, as has been documented in the israeli press haaretz, june 8, 20. Israeli firms in middle of nsa spy scandal two israeli companies, including one exposed by eir in 200102 as under investigation in the u. According to binney, at least 80% of all audio calls, not just metadata, are recorded and stored in the us.
A subsequent new york times report detailed how israeli intelligence alerted the u. Another nsa snooping scandal in the bushera had a strong israeli link. Aclu the newest information regarding the nsa domestic spying scandal raises an. Nsa workers piracy may have exposed him to russian spies. It said its researchers had been investigating malicious software created by the equation group, which is widely understood to be kasperskys codeword for the nsa. Israeli spyware firm embroiled in mexico mobile hacking scandal. With edward snowden to give explosive testimony in the merkel.
In the light of the ongoing scandal, its hardly surprising that security. National security agency of routinely passing private, unedited communications of americans to israel, an expert on the intelligence agency said wednesday. This information went from nsa, went to the white house and the white house then used it to formulate and to push its. If a victim, thinking his or her computer is infected, wipes the computers operating system and reinstalls. Two israeli companies, narus and verint, are involved in the national security agency nsa spy scandal in which copies of our phone calls and email data are sent to secret rooms at nsa buildings across the country.
Israeli spytech firm at heart of global debate on state surveillance. Israel hacked kaspersky and caught russian spies using av. Agency nsa employee who installed kasperskys antivirus software. Any palestinian is exposed to monitoring by the israeli. The israeli criminals behind the nsa spy scandal bollyn. Justice department records confirm promis scandals ties. Steppedup nsa eavesdropping revealed to the white house how mr. But rather than having nsa employees putting the hardware and software together and. Unit 8200 is an israeli intelligence corps unit responsible for collecting signal intelligence. Global surveillance disclosures 20present wikipedia. Israel and the nsa scandal the occidental observer. Nsa workers software piracy may have exposed him to russian spies.
The nsa spy scandals israeli connection middle east monitor. The israeli public thinks that intelligence work is only against terrorism, but a significant part of our objectives are innocent people, not at all connected to any military activity. The technology, accumulo, makes it possible for companies to sift through massive amounts of information with essentially the same degree of sophistication and security as the countrys top spy agency. Israeli intelligence tipped off american officials. How israel caught russian hackers scouring the world for u. Dean the biggest national security scandal story of our times is the extent that israeli espionage has gone on here. Its an explosive spy software scandal that no one in official washington wants to investigate. This complex, tangled story began two decades ago, when a tiny private company called inslaw inc. The activity was observed by israeli intelligence officers two years ago. Israel hacked kaspersky and caught russian spies using av tool to harvest nsa exploits explosive new claims also put a bomb under us israeli cooperation by richard chirgwin 11 oct 2017 at.
Nso group technologies nso standing for niv, shalev and omri, names of companys founders is an israeli technology firm whose spyware called pegasus enables the remote surveillance of smartphones. What the scandal with kaspersky lab and the nsa is all about. Snowden documents reveal nsa gave israeli spies raw emails, texts, calls of innocent americans. The spy story at the heart of the jeffrey epstein scandal the picture painted by the evidence is not a direct epstein tie to a single intelligence agency but a web. Nsa cheerleaders discover value of privacy only when their. The revelation tuesday by adam entrous and danny yadron of the wall street journal that the national security agency nsa has been spying on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahus conversations with congressional leaders represents the latestand worstpartisan abuse of. The nsa and israeli connections scandal the liberty beacon. The software allows governments to intercept voice calls, text messages and emails.
James bamford, author of the shadow factory, discusses the 43 refuseniks in israels unit 8200 nsa equivalent who object to spying on ordinary palestinians and the occupation in general. Israeli spyware firm embroiled in mexico mobile hacking. The nsa spied on israel despite a us pledge to curtail surveillance of ally states, revealing how the israelis lobbied us lawmakers to reject the iranian nuclear deal. So lets step back, then, and look at the portrait of the panopticon as painted by the snowden documents, and reported on by greenwald and others. The nsa and israeli connections scandal the falling darkness. Let me count the ways military, nuclear, political, academic, media and your law enforcement institutions. Israelis bugged the us for the nsa business insider. Pegasus is spyware that can be installed on devices running some versions of ios, apples mobile operating system, as well on devices running android. In the third episode of season two, scandal had a weirdly prophetic plot about a topsecret nsa program called thorngate that has the ability to spyliterallyon any american. It was founded in 2010 by niv carmi, omri lavie, and shalev hulio. Aclu the newest information regarding the nsa domestic spying scandal. These israeli companies are closely connected to unit 8200, the electronic espionage unit of the israeli military. The employee is suspected of spying on the german parliamentary committee investigating the nsa spying scandal.
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