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First, it strikes me as obvious that if the Brits did this then it would have had to have been with the blessing of their peers in Belgium No senior GCHQ offic

by jarym 9y ago

First, it strikes me as obvious that if the Brits did this then it would have had to have been with the blessing of their peers in Belgium No senior GCHQ officer is going to sign off in a cyber hack of an ally unless they had a really good reason and had covered their own ass. But if they’d really been freewheeling then it amazes me just how much impunity state apparatus can act with - what hope has an ordinary individual or private company got of protecting themselves and seeking redress through the courts?

hutzlibu 9y ago
"No senior GCHQ officer is going to sign off in a cyber hack of an ally unless they had a really good reason and had covered their own ass." good reason: much more information Covering: was very good, only because of Snowden it got linked to the UK So even though it might be possible, that Belgium was in it on high level (you hack, but we get data conveniently without legal issues), it is also very possible, that they went for it without saying anything.