Re: German intelligence tapped foreign desktops

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Juha-Matti Laurio wrote:
> "The German foreign intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), has eavesdropped on 2,500 PCs in the 
> last couple of years.
>
> News magazine Der Spiegel broke the news on its website this weekend.
> According to the magazine, information saved on HDDs was copied and transferred to Pullach, where the BND is 
> headquartered.
> In various other cases, keyloggers were installed to capture passwords for email accounts."
> --clip--

It's a big "stink" in Germany now according to a friend. They have been 
trying to pass laws that will allow the Police to use Trojan horses.

I am not too impressed by the civil rights violation accusations. German 
law (IANA_G_L) includes German citizens. It is not a secret the BND is an 
intelligence agency nor that they spy on foreigners. I don't see what the 
big deal is about.

The INTERESTING questions here is about the real stink: how was the BND's 
activity compromised to the press, and is it really just 2500 computers 
after "several years" of activity?

> More at
> http://www.itexaminer.com/german-intelligence-tapped-foreign-desktops.aspx
>
> (if you read German the source link here)
> http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/web/0,1518,611954,00.html
>
> Juha-Matti
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