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미국의 국가안보국(NSA)이 2010년부터 지난 3년간 미국인들의 통화내역, 이메일 기록을 수집하며 개인의 사생활을 침해하는 자료를 만들어온 것으로 드러났다고 뉴욕타임스가 28일(현지시간) 보도했다.
전 안보국 소속의 분석가 에드워드 스노든(29)에 의하면, 미 국가안보국이 국외 정보를 얻기 위해 미국인들의 사회적 관계를 조사하는 과정에서 그들의 전화와 이메일 기록 이외에도 은행 비밀번호, 보험 가입정보, 페이스북 계정, 비행기 승객 명단, 위치정보, 재산 목록 등의 자료를 광범위하게 조사해온 것으로 알려졌다.
미 안보국은 수많은 무고한 시민들의 개인 정보들을 포함한 자료를 수집해왔지만 얼마나 많은 축적 대상의 정보가 유출되었는지 밝히지 않았다. 다만 스노든이 제공한 2011년 1월 문건에 따르면, NSA 가 코드명 ‘메인웨이’라는 데이터 저장소에 2011년 기준 7억 건의 정보를 모은 것으로 전해졌다.
스노든이 올해 초 내부문건을 공개하면서 미국의 감시활동이 시민들의 자유를 위협하고 있다는 우려의 목소리가 높아지고 있다. 그는 현재 러시아로 잠시 피신한 상태이고 정확한 거취는 알려진 바 없다.
(윤하연 인턴기자 / 코리아헤럴드)
전 안보국 소속의 분석가 에드워드 스노든(29)에 의하면, 미 국가안보국이 국외 정보를 얻기 위해 미국인들의 사회적 관계를 조사하는 과정에서 그들의 전화와 이메일 기록 이외에도 은행 비밀번호, 보험 가입정보, 페이스북 계정, 비행기 승객 명단, 위치정보, 재산 목록 등의 자료를 광범위하게 조사해온 것으로 알려졌다.
미 안보국은 수많은 무고한 시민들의 개인 정보들을 포함한 자료를 수집해왔지만 얼마나 많은 축적 대상의 정보가 유출되었는지 밝히지 않았다. 다만 스노든이 제공한 2011년 1월 문건에 따르면, NSA 가 코드명 ‘메인웨이’라는 데이터 저장소에 2011년 기준 7억 건의 정보를 모은 것으로 전해졌다.
스노든이 올해 초 내부문건을 공개하면서 미국의 감시활동이 시민들의 자유를 위협하고 있다는 우려의 목소리가 높아지고 있다. 그는 현재 러시아로 잠시 피신한 상태이고 정확한 거취는 알려진 바 없다.
(윤하연 인턴기자 / 코리아헤럴드)
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Report: NSA maps out a person's social connections
WASHINGTON -- For almost three years the National Security Agency has been tapping the data it collects to map out some Americans' social connections, allowing the government to identify their associates, their locations at certain times, their traveling companions and other personal information, The New York times reported.
Citing documents provided by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden, the Times reported that the NSA began allowing the analysis of phone call and e-mail logs in November 2010 to examine some Americans' networks of associations for foreign intelligence purposes after NSA officials lifted restrictions on the practice. The newspaper posted the report on its website Saturday.
A January 2011 memorandum from the spy agency indicated that the policy shift was intended to help the agency ``discover and track'' connections between intelligence targets overseas and people in the United States, the Times reported.
The documents Snowden provided indicated that the NSA can augment the communications data with material from public, commercial and other sources, including bank codes, insurance information, Facebook profiles, passenger manifests, voter registration rolls and GPS location information, as well as property records and unspecified tax data, the paper reported.
NSA officials declined to say how many Americans have been caught up in the effort, including people involved in no wrongdoing, the Times reported. The documents do not describe what has resulted from the scrutiny, which links phone numbers and e-mails in a ``contact chain'' tied directly or indirectly to a person or organization overseas that is of foreign intelligence interest, the paper reported.
The documents provided by Snowden don't specify which phone and e-mail databases are used to create the social network diagrams, the Times reported, and NSA officials wouldn't identify them. However, NSA officials said the large database of Americans' domestic phone call records revealed in June was not used, the paper reported.
Disclosures from documents leaked by Snowden earlier this year have sparked debate over the government's surveillance activities and concerns that Americans' civil liberties have been violated by the data collection. Russia has granted temporary asylum to Snowden, considered a fugitive from justice in the U.S., and his whereabouts remain secret. (AP)
Report: NSA maps out a person's social connections
WASHINGTON -- For almost three years the National Security Agency has been tapping the data it collects to map out some Americans' social connections, allowing the government to identify their associates, their locations at certain times, their traveling companions and other personal information, The New York times reported.
Citing documents provided by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden, the Times reported that the NSA began allowing the analysis of phone call and e-mail logs in November 2010 to examine some Americans' networks of associations for foreign intelligence purposes after NSA officials lifted restrictions on the practice. The newspaper posted the report on its website Saturday.
A January 2011 memorandum from the spy agency indicated that the policy shift was intended to help the agency ``discover and track'' connections between intelligence targets overseas and people in the United States, the Times reported.
The documents Snowden provided indicated that the NSA can augment the communications data with material from public, commercial and other sources, including bank codes, insurance information, Facebook profiles, passenger manifests, voter registration rolls and GPS location information, as well as property records and unspecified tax data, the paper reported.
NSA officials declined to say how many Americans have been caught up in the effort, including people involved in no wrongdoing, the Times reported. The documents do not describe what has resulted from the scrutiny, which links phone numbers and e-mails in a ``contact chain'' tied directly or indirectly to a person or organization overseas that is of foreign intelligence interest, the paper reported.
The documents provided by Snowden don't specify which phone and e-mail databases are used to create the social network diagrams, the Times reported, and NSA officials wouldn't identify them. However, NSA officials said the large database of Americans' domestic phone call records revealed in June was not used, the paper reported.
Disclosures from documents leaked by Snowden earlier this year have sparked debate over the government's surveillance activities and concerns that Americans' civil liberties have been violated by the data collection. Russia has granted temporary asylum to Snowden, considered a fugitive from justice in the U.S., and his whereabouts remain secret. (AP)
