When Syrias access to the internet was cut for two days back in 2012, it apparently wasnt the fault of dissenting terrorists, as the Syrian government claimed: according to Wired, it was the fault of the US government. In a long profile of Edward Snowden published today, Wired writes what Snowden says is the truth about the internet outage. An elite hacking unit in the National Security Agency had reportedly been attempting to install malware on a central router within Syria — a feat that would have allowed the agency to access a good amount of the countrys internet traffic. Instead, it ended up accidentally rendered the router unusable, causing Syrias internet connection to go dark.
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