our network
This 2010 CSEC document complete with speakers’ notes shows that visits to Canadian government websites were monitored, and hundreds of thousands of emails to government email addresses retained every day, for cybersecurity purposes: see the CBC News article CSE monitors millions of Canadian emails to government, 25 February 2015.
Revealed documents
PCS Harvesting at Scale
This April 2010 GCHQ report proposes an automated approach to seizing large numbers of mobile phone encryption keys: see the Intercept article The Great SIM Heist: How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle, 19 February 2015.
DAPINO GAMMA Gemalto Yuaawaa
This Wiki page from 2011 details aspects of GCHQ’s DAPINO GAMMA operation against mobile SIM manufacturer Gemalto: see the Intercept article The Great SIM Heist: How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle, 19 February 2015.
DAPINO GAMMA CNE Presence and IPT codes
This undated Wiki page details aspects of GCHQ’s DAPINO GAMMA operation against mobile SIM manufacturer Gemalto: see the Intercept article The Great SIM Heist: How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle, 19 February 2015.
CCNE Jan10-Mar10 Trial
These six slides from 2010 GCHQ presentation outline the results of a trial operation to acquire SIM encryption keys: see the Intercept article The Great SIM Heist: How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle, 19 February 2015.
CNE access to core mobile networks
This slide from a 2010 GCHQ presentation shows that the agency believed it had penetrated “the entire network” of GEMALTO, the world’s largest mobile SIM manufacturer: see the Intercept article The Great SIM Heist: How Spies Stole the Keys to the Encryption Castle, 19 February 2015.
Iran – Current Topics, Interaction with GCHQ
This NSA talking points memo dated 12 April 2013 notes that Iran “has demonstrated a clear ability to learn from the capabilities and actions of others”: see the Intercept article NSA Claims Iran Learned from Western Cyberattacks, 10 February 2015.
NATO Civilian Intelligence Council – Cyber Panel – Talking Points
This US National Intelligence Council memo dated 14 September 2011 provides US talking points for a forthcoming NATO meeting and includes the assessment that the threat presented by Anonymous and hacktivist activity is “minimal”: see the Intercept article Western Spy Agencies Secretly Rely on Hackers for Intel and Expertise, 4 February 2015.
Open Source for Cyber Defence/Progress
This page from GCHQ’s internal GCWIki, last modified on 25 June 2012, enumerates open-source data sets that are available in various agency databases: see the Intercept article Western Spy Agencies Secretly Rely on Hackers for Intel and Expertise, 4 February 2015.
INTOLERANT – Who Else Is Targeting Your Target? Collecting Data Stolen by Hackers
This post from the NSA’s internal SIDToday newsletter, dated 6 May 2010 and attributed to the Menwith Hill station describes NSA, CSEC and GCHQ’s acquisition of emails already exfiltrated by another actor: see the Intercept article Western Spy Agencies Secretly Rely on Hackers for Intel and Expertise, 4 February 2015.