The American security agency NSA, according alerts Edward Snowden an advanced application for cyber war that could backfire on alleged attackers all by itself.
Cyber Soldier
program, with the awesome name Monster Mind, scans the web for traffic patterns that indicate possible attacks. Find it something blocking it this attack, and attacking, says Snowden to Wired.
Snowden says that he, not surprisingly, became concerned when he first heard about the program, and the Monster Mind potentially facilitate the counter-attack against the wrong “enemy”.
– Attacks can spoof. Anyone who stays in China, for example, make it look as if the attacks come from Russia. And so we end up shooting back at a Russian hospital, says Snowden to Wired.
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Monster Mind can also give cause for concern for privacy and the right to private communication when the program scans virtually all Internet traffic that goes through the United States. As Snowden forkklarer it, it means that if all traffic is analyzed, so all traffic also intercepted.
– This means to violate the Fourth Amendment, to confiscate private communications without law, without cause or suspicion of wrongdoing. For everyone, all the time, says Snowden.
NSA otherwise has not commented on Monster Mind yet, but NSA spokesman Vanee Vines tells Wired that:
– If Mr. Snowden would like to discuss their activities, as should the conversation take place at the Ministry of Justice. He must return to the United States and face the charges against him.
Not surprised
Director Bjørn Erik Thon Data Inspectorate, is not surprised. The Authority has said that there will be more revelations from Snowden, and that the NSA has developed a system to automatically block and go to the counter to attacks in cyberspace fits well into the picture.
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For, as Thon says, “much of warfare today happens online “.
– NSM have the figures on how many attacks coming all the time, and we ourselves have also been a cyber defense. There’s a lot going on-line and it is not surprising that there is a program that automatically goes to the counter, said Thon.
While he considers it legitimate purpose behind dataanslysen as Monster Mind is claimed to make, all traffic is analyzed, is something one must do to detect and repel an attack. And ordinary people’s data is a natural part of the analysis in such a scale.
– It can be a difficult balancing act sometimes, and countermeasures that this means of course that you have to analyze the data, points Thon.
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– But I would think, then, as we know Snowden revelations, it is the massive amounts of data are involved here, and that is worrisome, he continued.
Perhaps it is the case that there are some who are neutral on the web for computer attacks against such public institutions or socially critical infrastructure or services could also lead to personal going astray. What is important is to adapt such an analysis to ensure that data is not misused. It can be difficult when dealing with such large amounts of data as it is in the context of Monster Mind.
– The less targeted, the worse for privacy. There you suspect an entire population, and monitor an entire population instead of going for the one, it is wise policy more seriously, says Thon.
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