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WikiLeaks reveal NSA cyber weapons used to hack Pakistan mobile system

WASHINGTON: New information about the involvement of US in hacking telecommunication system in Pakistan has been found in a release by WikiLeaks. This leak points to NSA’s cyber weapons which include code related to the hacking of Pakistan mobile system.

On Saturday, WikiLeaks revealed hundreds of cyber weapons variants which include code pointing towards NSA hacking Pakistan mobile system.

The link shared in the tweet by WikiLeaks’ official account points to a Github repository containing the decrypted files pertaining to NSA cyber weapons.

According to a report, National Security Agency, responsible for global monitoring, collection, and processing of information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes in the USA, has allegedly spied on Pakistani civilian and military leadership in the past.

Edward Snowden, a former NSA employee, has also suggested in the past that NSA used wiretapping and cyber weapons to spy on many international leaders.

M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.