US spy agency actively monitoring messages, emails in India
NEW DELHI: A report in a UK newspaper claims that India is among the top five countries most extensively monitored by the NationalSecurity Agency (NSA), a US governmentagency tasked with foreign surveillance.
The Guardian reported on Sunday that in March this year, the NSA recorded 6.3 billion pieces of intelligence from computer networks in India, placing it fifth on the list of most extensively monitored countries. Iran topped the list with 14 billion pieces of intelligence collected from it.Pakistan was third with 13.5 billion, Jordan was third with 12.7 billion and Egypt was fourth with 7.6 billion.
"In March 2013 the agency collected 97 billion pieces of intelligence from computer networks worldwide," reported the newspaper.
It added, "NSA has developed a powerful tool for recording and analysing where its intelligence comes from... (the paper) has acquired top-secret documents about the NSA datamining tool, called Boundless Informant, that details and even maps by country the voluminous amount of information it collects from computer and telephone networks."
The report is latest in the series of revelations that detail the top-secret surveillance and data monitoring programs run by NSA.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/US-spy-agency-actively-monitoring-messages-emails-in-India-Report/articleshow/20499629.cms
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NEW DELHI: A report in a UK newspaper claims that India is among the top five countries most extensively monitored by the NationalSecurity Agency (NSA), a US governmentagency tasked with foreign surveillance.
The Guardian reported on Sunday that in March this year, the NSA recorded 6.3 billion pieces of intelligence from computer networks in India, placing it fifth on the list of most extensively monitored countries. Iran topped the list with 14 billion pieces of intelligence collected from it.Pakistan was third with 13.5 billion, Jordan was third with 12.7 billion and Egypt was fourth with 7.6 billion.
"In March 2013 the agency collected 97 billion pieces of intelligence from computer networks worldwide," reported the newspaper.
It added, "NSA has developed a powerful tool for recording and analysing where its intelligence comes from... (the paper) has acquired top-secret documents about the NSA datamining tool, called Boundless Informant, that details and even maps by country the voluminous amount of information it collects from computer and telephone networks."
The report is latest in the series of revelations that detail the top-secret surveillance and data monitoring programs run by NSA.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/internet/US-spy-agency-actively-monitoring-messages-emails-in-India-Report/articleshow/20499629.cms
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