Technology start-ups recruited for spy gadgets

[InfoSec News <alerts () infosecnews org>]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/9524604/Technology-start-ups-recruited-for-spy-gadgets.html

The Telegraph
06 Sep 2012

The security services have decided to widen the net for suppliers of 
state-of-the-art spyware for "covert surveillance", it was reported.

Traditionally, the intelligence organisations have relied on a network 
of trusted contractors but the change in approach represents an 
opportunity for burgeoning technology companies.

“This is a fast moving environment and you always have to think ahead,” 
a senior Whitehall official told the Financial Times.

“The agencies are perfectly happy with the quality of the equipment they 
have. But for the first time, they are appealing to a wide range of 
innovators, small and large, and saying: ‘Here are some problems we 
encounter. Can you solve them?’”

GCHQ was said to be keen to improve its systems for monitoring 
information on the internet to trace suspects online.

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