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2016-01-29 Israel-Palestine-Jordan

Report: US, UK intelligence hacked into Israeli drones under operation 'Anarchist'

The United States and British intelligence services hacked into Israeli drones in order to monitor their activity under a classified program code-named "Anarchist," Internet publication The Intercept reported Friday.

The UK's intelligence services known as the Governments Communication Headquarters (GCHQ), working in conjunction with the National Security Agency (NSA), systematically surveyed Israeli drones from Cyprus in order to collect information on military operations in Gaza, watch out for potential strikes on Iran, and monitor drone technology the Jewish State was exporting around the world.

According to The Intercept, leaked documents provided by Edward Snowden show that under the auspices of the "Anarchist" program, UK and US intelligence services collected snapshot images from the Israeli drones and data mapping pinpointing the paths taken by the unmanned aircraft devices.
I'd ask "Whose side are they on?", but that would be naive.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-01-29 04:50|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ] Top

#1 ...watch out for potential strikes on Iran

Advance warning and intelligence sharing to the Iranians, how thoughtful. Has anyone thought about crash landing a drone or mistakenly FedExing a Hellfire, in order to provide the Iranians a more level playing field ?

We may have to resort to more traditional tech transfer techniques, what with the DoS and Clinton Foundation cooperation on hold for the moment.

Then there's Iran's satellite communications and maritime navigation shortfalls. What can possibly be done to assist with upgrades.....?

Oh wait !!!

Posted by Besoeker 2016-01-29 05:54|| 2016-01-29 05:54|| Front Page Top

#2 ....Of course, what would have been wonderful is if the Israelis knew and were letting the US/UK see exactly what they wanted them to see.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2016-01-29 05:56|| 2016-01-29 05:56|| Front Page Top

#3 Well if the IDF didn't know then, they know now.

Anyone hear anything about the hacking of Iranian or Russian drones? I thought not.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-01-29 06:31|| 2016-01-29 06:31|| Front Page Top

#4 leaked documents provided by Edward Snowden

When those came out, the Israelis poured over them with a fine-toothed comb. They knew at that point, if they had not known before.

Posted by trailing wife 2016-01-29 09:06|| 2016-01-29 09:06|| Front Page Top

#5 One way to test your wares. It's one thing to QA yourself, it's another to get your frenemies to do it for you.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-01-29 09:23|| 2016-01-29 09:23|| Front Page Top

#6 "Anyone hear anything about the hacking of Iranian or Russian drones? I thought not"

You thought wrong:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-35440523

srael was the main focus of the project, but systems in Egypt, Turkey, Iran and Syria were also hacked into, the reports said.

Posted by Yidman 2016-01-29 12:12|| 2016-01-29 12:12|| Front Page Top

#7 Wrong link Yid.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-01-29 14:15|| 2016-01-29 14:15|| Front Page Top

#8 "Yidman" --- Shipman, is that you?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2016-01-29 15:12|| 2016-01-29 15:12|| Front Page Top

#9 Ask and ye shall receive. The penultimate sentence from Yidman's link, exactly as he gave it:

Israel was the main focus of the project, but systems in Egypt, Turkey, Iran and Syria were also hacked into, the reports said.

Welcome to Rantburg, Yidman! Good find, that. :-)

Posted by trailing wife 2016-01-29 16:16|| 2016-01-29 16:16|| Front Page Top

#10 The didn't 'hack into' the drones. Jeez, SFB journalists.

However, it's possible they used way stations to crack the encryption.

Posted by phil_b 2016-01-29 16:18|| 2016-01-29 16:18|| Front Page Top

#11 They'll be landing on our carriers for gas next.

Posted by Besoeker 2016-01-29 16:24|| 2016-01-29 16:24|| Front Page Top

#12 And if they did crack the encryption, the last thing they would do is hack into the drones as that would tell the Israelis their encryption had been broken.

Posted by phil_b 2016-01-29 16:25|| 2016-01-29 16:25|| Front Page Top

#13 Hai Yidman.
Not I G-moru

Posted by Shipman 2016-01-29 23:50|| 2016-01-29 23:50|| Front Page Top

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