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How Belgacom Was Hacked by GCHQ

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How Belgacom Was Hacked by GCHQ

December 11, 2014 by Christopher Parsons Leave a Comment

The Intercept reports that the British signals intelligence agency, GCHQ, was ultimately behind the compromise of Belgacom. Belgacom is Belgium’s largest telecommunications provider. Worryingly, the investigation of who was responsible was never brought to full completion nor (it appears) was the malware used to compromise the provider every fully purged.

Posted in: Government, News, Surveillance Tagged: belgacom, belgium, gchq
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