Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Is the FBI using hackers to gain access to intelligence overseas?
The New York Times reports that an FBI informant launched hundreds of cyberattacks on foreign websites, including ones run by other governments, even as the bureau tried to dismantle hacking groups like Anonymous.
New information indicates that the cyberattacks even targeted websites operated by Iran, Pakistan, Brazil and Syria.
What remains unclear is whether the FBI directly ordered the attacks, the Times wrote.
The mastermind behind the attacks was Hector Xavier Monsegur, a hacker within Anonymous, who was arrested and in exchange began working to help the FBI identify other members of the hacking group.
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