WASHINGTON – The National Security Agency is developing a tool that can detect cyberattacks from an adversary by analyzing Internet traffic and respond automatically, a leaked document showed. Wired magazine revealed the existence of the program called MonsterMind in an article following a series of interviews with former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
The National Security Agency secretly planned a cyberwarfare program that could automatically fire back at cyberattacks from foreign countries without any human involvement, creating the risk of accidentally starting a war, according to a new report based on interviews with former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
General Keith Alexander was in charge of the National Security Agency when all hell broke loose and former security contractor Edward Snowden leaked documents showing the organization was spying far beyond the extent to which most people were aware (or comfortable with). As Bloomberg first reported last week, Alexander has spent the last few months since his […]
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