Research by the Washington Post, ZDF and SRF revealed that the CIA and BND cooperated to spy on over 120 countries.

Operation Rubikon: How the CIA and BND secretly eavesdropped on the world! – The most important thing at the beginning:

#Cryptoleaks – Worldwide espionage project uncovered. Manipulated encryption machines were sold to over 120 governments over decades. Operation Rubicon ran until at least 2018

Suspicions had existed for years, now the suspicion of espionage has been confirmed.

Crypto AG bought by CIA and BND

The Swiss company Crypto AG was considered the world market leader for encryption machines in the 1970s.
Including the CX52 cipher machine, which was defined as unbreakable and in which governments from all over the world were interested. Of course, these were also of great interest to major secret services such as the CIA and BND. In the 1970s, the two authorities bought Crypto AG through a trust company for a total of 8.5 million US dollars.

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As a result, the Siemens Group was able to get enthusiastic about the project. Also in attendance: a new CEO of Siemens and two inducted Crypto AG employees. Siemens supported the project with the necessary technology. Manipulated algorithms made it possible to build back doors into the encryption machines.

Investing in Crypto AG should be worth it. Over 120 governments around the world have purchased the devices for decades. Many billions of US dollars should flow over the years.

Suspicion of espionage for a long time

The encryption machines were actually intended to protect governments from being bugged and spied on. But they knew nothing about the manipulation of the devices. Since 1996, however, there has been a suspicion that there could be more to Crypto AG than previously suspected. Der Spiegel (paywall) has already reported on allegations of espionage. The Aargauer Zeitung wrote a report about “the authorized fourth”.

“There is a company that cooperated closely with the US secret service. There are also allegations that this company manipulated the encryption devices. There are former employees who confirm this thesis. The company itself vehemently denies it.” (Aargauer Zeitung)

#Cryptoleaks – Operation Rubikon

Operation Rubicon exceeded anything anyone would have expected from the intelligence community. Research by ZDF , the Washington Post and SRF now confirms the suspicions under the name #Cryptoleaks.

ZDF said: “For decades, in close cooperation with the American intelligence services, Germany has not only eavesdropped on more than 100 countries, including friends and allies. In the process, it also knew about the murder of tens of thousands of people – and remained silent.”

Lucrative project for everyone involved

According to ZDF, Crypto AG's annual income rose from around 15 million to more than 51 million Swiss francs between 1970 and 1975. The BND also shared in this income for many years, although it withdrew from the project at the end of the 1990s. The BND was ridiculed by the CIA for this.

“It was the enlightenment coup of the century. “Foreign governments paid good money to the United States and West Germany for the privilege of having their most secret communications read by at least two (…) countries,” according to ZDF.

According to research, the operation ran until at least 2018.

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Edward Snowden warned about distrust

“Spying on friends is not possible,” said Angela Merkel in October 2013.

Edward Snowden was rightly suspicious here. In his opinion, the CIA, NSA or BND would probably do anything to get sensitive data. If you make massive profits from something like this, it's probably a jackpot for every secret service.

Source: tarnkappe.info
Article image: Shutterstock / Michael Thaler


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