14.02.2016 - 13:04 [ Techdirt ]

UK Surveillance Oversight Board Says It‘s All Cool When GCHQ Hacks Basically Anyone

This isn‘t a huge surprise, but the UK‘s Investigatory Powers Tribunal — which is a sort of extremely weak „oversight“ board, charged with making sure that the GCHQ isn‘t violating the law, but with no real powers over GCHQ and a history of supporting its spying, has now said that the GCHQ‘s hacking of computers, networks and phones is perfectly fine.