{"id":27821,"date":"2014-09-14T12:21:12","date_gmt":"2014-09-14T16:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=27821"},"modified":"2018-01-15T18:30:06","modified_gmt":"2018-01-15T23:30:06","slug":"latest-snowden-revelation-nsa-and-gchq-have-full-access-to-german-telecom-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2014\/09\/14\/latest-snowden-revelation-nsa-and-gchq-have-full-access-to-german-telecom-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Snowden revelation &#8211; NSA and GCHQ have full access to German telecom systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In <em>The Register<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2014\/09\/14\/snowden_leaks_alleged_treasure_map_programme_for_nsa_and_gchq_to_spy_on_german_telecoms\/\" target=\"_blank\">Kelly Fiveash<\/a> sums up the latest information from Edward Snowden:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An NSA and GCHQ surveillance programme &mdash; dubbed Treasure Map &mdash; grants US and British spooks access to the networks of German telcos such as Deutsche Telekom, according to a new stash of leaked documents from Edward Snowden.<\/p>\n<p><em>Der Spiegel<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spiegel.de\/international\/world\/snowden-documents-indicate-nsa-has-breached-deutsche-telekom-a-991503.html\" target=\"_blank\">published<\/a> the latest revelations today. However, Deutsche Telekom reportedly said it had found no evidence of such tampering on its system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are looking into every indication of possible manipulations but have not yet found any hint of that in our investigations so far,&#8221; a spokesman at the company told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/09\/14\/us-germany-usa-spying-telekom-idUSKBN0H90A320140914\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;We&#8217;re working closely with IT specialists and have also contacted German security authorities. It would be completely unacceptable if a foreign intelligence agency were to gain access to our network.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>The Register<\/em> sought comment from the telco, but it hadn&#8217;t immediately got back to us at time of writing.<\/p>\n<p>The Treasure Map programme was described by Snowden as &#8220;a 300,000 foot view of the internet&#8221; in a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/11\/23\/us\/politics\/nsa-report-outlined-goals-for-more-power.html?pagewanted=all&#038;_r=1&#038;\" target=\"_blank\"><em>New York Times<\/em><\/a> story published in November last year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In The Register, Kelly Fiveash sums up the latest information from Edward Snowden: An NSA and GCHQ surveillance programme &mdash; dubbed Treasure Map &mdash; grants US and British spooks access to the networks of German telcos such as Deutsche Telekom, according to a new stash of leaked documents from Edward Snowden. 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