FBI informant accused of hacking foreign websites

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25-04-2014 | 02:33
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FBI informant accused of hacking foreign websites
The New York Times reported on Friday that a hacker who became an informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) led hundreds of cyber attacks against the websites of foreign governments, including Brazil, Iran, Pakistan, Syria and Turkey.

The target list for hacking added up to more than 2,000 Internet domains, including the Polish Embassy in Britain and the electricity ministry in Iraq, according to a court document cited by the Times.

It was unclear whether the FBI ordered the attacks, but court documents and interviews suggest "that the government may have used hackers to gather overseas intelligence," the Times wrote.
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