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21-04-2023, 01:07 PM
TS, SI, FVEY: what the Pentagon leak initials tell us about modern spying
Everything from the gamer leaker to the global spread of potential sources reveals much about the anxiety-making conditions of 21st-century espionageAfter TS (top secret), two other letters repeatedly stand out throughout the leaked Pentagon files: SI. The letters stand for special intelligence, and signify that the information has been derived from signals intelligence work. This encompasses eavesdropping, surveillance and even backdoor access to information systems – all part of a panopticon of global, US-led intelligence collection.Signals intelligence told the 1.25 million Americans with top secret clearance – and sometimes their British allies – that Russia had made marginal battlefield gains in Ukraine, that the Wagner group may be allowed to restart recruiting prisoners, and even that Russian hackers had gained control of a Canadian gas pipeline they hope to explode. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...-five-eyes
#Pentagon_leaks_2023 #Espionage #World_news #Ukraine #Military
Everything from the gamer leaker to the global spread of potential sources reveals much about the anxiety-making conditions of 21st-century espionageAfter TS (top secret), two other letters repeatedly stand out throughout the leaked Pentagon files: SI. The letters stand for special intelligence, and signify that the information has been derived from signals intelligence work. This encompasses eavesdropping, surveillance and even backdoor access to information systems – all part of a panopticon of global, US-led intelligence collection.Signals intelligence told the 1.25 million Americans with top secret clearance – and sometimes their British allies – that Russia had made marginal battlefield gains in Ukraine, that the Wagner group may be allowed to restart recruiting prisoners, and even that Russian hackers had gained control of a Canadian gas pipeline they hope to explode. Continue reading...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...-five-eyes
#Pentagon_leaks_2023 #Espionage #World_news #Ukraine #Military
