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Washington\u2019s Blog<\/strong><\/a> By Gathering Data On Americans In One Place, The Government Is Creating An Attractive Target For Hackers<\/strong><\/p>\n As if we needed another reason to oppose mass spying on the American public, Zdnet reports that\u00a0the NSA database could be hacked<\/a>\u00a0by Chinese or -other lurkers:<\/p>\n What\u2019s missing in this discussion [of NSA spying] is this: how secure is the NSA\u2019s spying system?If a foreign entity wanted to spy on US companies or individuals, would it try to tackle the problem directly by targeting the specific company or individual in its electronic spying attempts? It might, but that\u2019s a lot of work for an uncertain payoff.<\/p>\n A much more efficient approach would be to hack into a surveillance system that already has access to the information. Far better to hack into the NSA spying system at Google, or at Facebook, or at Microsoft<\/strong>\u00a0(if such an NSA system exists, of course).<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Everyone knows that there\u2019s no such thing as a completely secure system<\/strong>.\u00a0The greater danger in the NSA\u2019s spying activities is not from the NSA itself, but from the many nefarious foreign national, and international criminal enterprises, that find a way to exploit the existing spy systems so thoroughly crafted, and so thoroughly extensive, that have been built by the NSA.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The danger from allowing the NSA to have deep access into the data systems of US companies is that that very system creates an enormous vulnerability that would not have existed.\u00a0Hack into part of the NSA spy network and you have access to a mass of private data that would be near impossible to collect in any other way.<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s ironic that the NSA\u2019s activities to improve the security of the US have created the nation\u2019s largest security risk of them all.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Remember, the Chinese have already hacked\u00a0the most advanced American weapon systems<\/a>,\u00a0Congress<\/a>, America\u2019s\u00a0largest banks<\/a>, and other sensitive targets.<\/p>\n
\nJuly 7, 2013<\/p>\n