GCHQ used fake Slashdot, LinkedIn to target employees at Internet exchanges

A new Snowden leak, reported by Laura Poitras in Der Spiegel, shows that the UK spy agency GCHQ used fake versions of Slashdot and LinkedIn to attack tech staff at Global Roaming Exchanges — interchange points where large networks meet up.

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