A Cyber War Truce?

Snowden Affair Is Chance For Truce In Cyber War: U.N. -- Reuters

(Reuters) - Edward Snowden's revelations about U.S. Internet surveillance have created a chance for countries to call a halt to a cyber war, a senior U.N. official said on Monday.

"It gives us an opportunity, and I keep saying let's build bridges," said Hamadoun Touré, head of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), which is working with Interpol and the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime to work out how to police cyberspace.

The accusations by Snowden, a former U.S. spy agency contractor, that the National Security Agency spied on Internet traffic, has prompted outrage from the target countries but some diplomats say the such activities were always an open secret.

"You're saying that we know that all countries are doing it. And we do," Touré said, in answer to a Reuters question at a news conference.

"I was talking to one ambassador a week ago who was saying: 'I'm surprised by the Europeans' surprise, because we all do this.' That's what he said. He was very frank."

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My Comment: A cyber war truce .... that is something that is not going to happen.