UK spy agency hacked Belgian telecom company
Iran Press TV
Sat Sep 21, 2013 3:0PM GMT
Britain's eavesdropping agency the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has been behind the spying attack on Belgium's biggest telecommunications company.
Germany's Der Spiegel reported that leaked documents by the National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden indicate Britain was behind the cyber-espionage scheme targeting Belgium's telecom operator Belgacom over the past few years.
The Der Spiegel magazine confirmed in its website that it had seen classified documents related to a GCHQ operation designed 'to enable better exploitation of Belgacom'.
Earlier this week, Belgium federal prosecutors said they had filed a complaint over the attack in July. The prosecutors believe 'international state-sponsored cyber espionage' was responsible for the hacking scheme.
Belgian Prime Minister Elio di Rupo said the investigation will continue and the report will be 'closely examined".
'If the hypothesis involving another country is confirmed, we will of course undertake the necessary steps,' di Rupo said.
GCHQ has not yet commented on the issue.
Classified documents leaked by Snowden in June revealed that the GCHQ was secretly accessing the network of cables, which carry the world's phone calls and internet traffic and has been sharing the data with its American counterpart the NSA.
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