U.S. And British Intelligence Spied On Feeds From Israeli Drones And Jets For Years

An Israel Aerospace Industries Heron 1 drone flies over the airbase in the central Swiss town of Emmen, September 20, 2012. New leaked documents show that British and American intelligence services hacked into Israeli drone systems to monitor their activities. ARND WIEGMANN/REUTERS

The Guardian: Snowden files reveal US and UK spied on feeds from Israeli drones and jets

Feeds including from cockpit cameras reportedly hacked using freely available software under programme run from GCHQ

A joint UK-US intelligence programme has been spying on electronic feeds – including video – from Israel’s military drones and jet fighters going back to 1998.

In a potentially embarrassing disclosure for Israel, which prides itself on its technical capabilities, a new release from material held by the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has revealed that UK and US intelligence officials have been regularly accessing Israeli cockpit cameras even in the midst of operations in Gaza and Lebanon.

Codenamed Anarchist, the programme was revealed by the Intercept, a US website.

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WNU Editor: The web site The Intercept broke this story. For more details from The Intercept the link is here.  As to what is my take ... I suspect the Israelis are now wondering on who else has hacked into their feeds.

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