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The  U.K. Government Communications Headquarters  — the British equivalent of the  National Security Agency  — created fake  LinkedIn  pages to hack into a major Belgian telecommunications company. The hack was originally  reported  by  Der Spiegel  in September, based on documents leaked by former intelligence contractor  Edward Snowden . At the time, it was not known how the GCHQ pulled off the attack. As it turns out, the hack was carried out using what is called a “man-in-the-middle attack.” In this case, we now know that means the GCHQ used fake LinkedIn pages to redirect employees to sites containing malware. By tricking company personnel into downloading the malicious software, the GCHQ appears to have been able to breach Belgacom cybersecurity. This latest leak, published by  Der Spiegel  on Sunday, is the  first reported instance of LinkedIn being exploited by a government spy agency.  Unlike...

Edward Snowden  expressed his support for a German investigation into  NSA  surveillance in a letter delivered the German government on Friday. Outraged by recent allegations that the  NSA might have tapped  Chancellor Angela Merkel's phone, German lawmakers are considering a closer examination of the NSA's practices and have proposed  inviting Snowden to testify. In the letter, Snowden, who has been  charged with espionage , declines a potential invitation, but he says he "looks forward" to cooperating with Germany once the "situation is resolved" with the U.S. government. "Speaking the truth is not a crime. I am confident that with the support of the international community, the government of the United States will abandon this harmful behavior." Snowden,  who has reportedly taken a job in Russia , gave the letter to Hans-Christian Stroebele, a green party lawmaker who  showed it to the media  in a press conference on Fri...