ISPs take on GCHQ

[Kwacky]

This could get interesting:-

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The ISPs claim that alleged network attacks, outlined in a series of articles in Der Spiegel and the Intercept, were illegal and "undermine the goodwill the organisations rely on".

The allegations that the legal actions are based on include:

claims that employees of Belgian telecommunications company Belgacom were targeted by GCHQ and infected with malware to gain access to network infrastructure

GCHQ and the US National Security Agency, where Mr Snowden worked, had a range of network exploitation and intrusion capabilities, including a "man-on-the-side" technique that covertly injects data into existing data streams to create connections that will enable the targeted infection of users

the intelligence agencies used an automated system, codenamed Turbine, that allowed them to scale up network implants

German internet exchange points were targeted, allowing agencies to spy on all internet traffic coming through those nodes

The treat of actioon from the ISPs should be enough to make GCHQ rethink the way they operate. If this matter goes any further then the ISPs will be able to ask for disclosure of documents which will naturally be blocked by GCHQ on the grounds of security. But the ISPs will argue they are entitled to see them for the Court proceedings.

[D6]

is it not the same as if a normal person hacked a system? The law would throw the book at them.