The CIA and German intelligence services have endangered historical reputation Swiss neutrality by using a Swiss company as a platform for a global spy operation for decades, according to a report published by members of the Swiss parliament.
Los investigadores concluded that the Swiss authorities were aware of a complicated operation espionage in which the CIA secretly owned and controlled a Swiss company, Crypto AG, which secretly sold fake encryption systems to foreign governments.
The report marks the culmination of a Swiss investigation started after the story of Operation Crypto was revealed earlier this year by the Washington Post in conjunction with ZDF, German public television and Swiss broadcaster SRF.
The operation Crypto exploited "the image of Switzerland abroad as a neutral state", According to the report, which also indicated that the Swiss authorities had indeed allowed the CIA and its German counterpart, the BND, to carry out "intelligence operations to the detriment of other states, hiding behind a Swiss company."
The spy operation was so successful that a classified CIA document called it the "intelligence coup of the century."
Based in Zug, Switzerland, Crypto was one of the world's leading providers of encryption tools used by foreign governments to keep the communications of their spies, soldiers and diplomats secret.
But the company was secretly owned by the CIA and BND in the 1970s, and had secretly collaborated with the National Security Agency, America's decoding operation since 1950.
By exploiting hidden vulnerabilities in the algorithms of the tools, American and German spies access information diplomats (a confidential text exchanged in encrypted form between a diplomatic mission, such as an embassy or consulate, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs) of the country it represents) and other communications, both from "adversaries" and from certain allies. The operation was known internally by code names like "Thesaurus" and "Rubicon."
A detailed CIA history obtained by The Post described the program as:
A triumph of twentieth-century espionage, astonishing that "foreign governments were paying a lot of money to the United States and for the privilege of having their most secret communications read by at least two (and possibly up to five or six) foreign countries."
This line alluded to the exchange of intelligence obtained from devices sold with allies (including the UK) by Crypto.
The CIA history indicates that the Swiss authorities were aware of the operation, but were not directly involved in the operation. The Swiss report confirms certain aspects of this secret tale, but goes further by describing the alleged Swiss complicity. Citing Swiss intelligence documents, the report claims that the Swiss intelligence service knew in 1993 that Crypto "belonged to foreign intelligence services and was exporting 'vulnerable' devices."
The report goes on to suggest that the Swiss spy agency, the Strategic Intelligence Service (SIS), entered into a formal agreement with the CIA that provided access to communications from other countries.
The international crypto company was bought by Swedish businessman Andreas Linde, who said in an email exchange with US media earlier this year that he was unaware of the CIA ownership when he bought the assets.
Export controls imposed by the Swiss authorities following public disclosures about Crypto earlier this year have threatened the survival of the company.
The Federal Council now has until June 1, 2021 to decide and react to the recommendations contained in the report.
Philippe Bauer, national councilor and member of the parliamentary inquiry commission, spoke on this issue at the RTS. According to him:
The government did not know about this matter until very recently when its secret services had orchestrated everything and it was asked if this was normal for a government.
To which he replied:
“No, and this is also one of the criticisms made by the delegation of the steering committee. He pointed out that it is not acceptable, when an intelligence service collaborates on a file with a foreign intelligence service, that it does not request authorization to do so from its supervisory authority, that is, that is, from the Federal Council as provided by current law "
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com
Wow ... how strange ... hahaha, do you still think that the encryption is not seen?
nor the TOR network, it is safe .. who says it was not them .. and facebook, and wasap .. anyway ... with dough I set up a company, a social network, and like fools .. we all sign up ... ale ...