NSA XKeyscore is within Red Hat Servers

Νέες αποκαλύψεις συνεχίζουν να έρχονται στο από τον Edward Snowden. Δύο χρόνια μετά τις πρώτες του αποκαλύψεις που σόκαραν τον κόσμο, ο Snowden αποκάλυψε σήμερα τις δράσεις επιτήρησης της NSA, δια μέσω του XKeyscore σε διακομιστές που τρέχουν το Red Hat Linux.red-hat-logo XKeyscore

The fact that the NSA runs XKeyscore on a Linux distribution should come as no surprise, and that the NSA has chosen a Linux distribution used by hundreds of worldwide.

For those who do not remember what the NSA XKeyscore can do, let's say it's a spy system found in movies.

Ο Snowden, αναφέρει ότι μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθεί για να διαβάσουν τα e-mail του καθενός, οπουδήποτε στον κόσμο, καθώς και για τον εντοπισμό κάθε υλικού που βρίσκεται σε online σύνδεση. Επιπλέον, μπορεί να παρακολουθεί ανθρώπους, συλλόγους, και μπορεί να δημιουργήσει και ένα είδος μοναδικού αποτυπώματος για κάθε χρήστη στο space. If you are connected to the Internet, the NSA's XKeyscore has the ability to find you.

Red Hat Linux is one operating system, which uses open source software packages. It's an operating system used by many servers, and it's no surprise that the NSA chose it.

The Intercept who published the revelations of Snowden reports about XKeyscore:

“XKeyscore is a piece of Linux software, typically deployed on Red Hat servers. It uses Apache and collects data into MySQL databases. Filesystems exist in an NFS and autofs cluster, and scheduled jobs are done via the cron service.

The worrying about this is the fact that there are hundreds of Linux servers around the world and it's impossible to understand their reach. Companies and organizations use Linux to serve millions of people. Used by NASA or ISS, but also NSA's own spying servers.

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