Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Do CIA Agents Use Gmail?



Russia Busts CIA ‘Spy’ And His Gmail -- Danger Room

Officially, Ryan Christopher Fogle worked as a junior diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow. According to Moscow, he’s a spy working for the CIA. If so, he screwed up in the worst possible way.

Fogle was detained overnight by Russia’s Federal Security Service (or FSB), the present-day successor to the KGB, and is accused of attempting to recruit a Russian agent to spy for Washington. Photographs quickly circulated of Fogle in custody, along with a disguise and gear — including two wigs, sunglasses, a knife and cell phone, a map of Moscow, a microphone, and an aluminum RFID shield. He was also apparently carrying stacks of €500 bank notes.

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My Comment: GMail is not that secure .... as this former CIA Director quickly learned.

Update: While researching this story I found the following interesting story about email and how spies use it.

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