Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group

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The Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group ( JTRIG ) is a unit of the British intelligence service GCHQ . The existence of JTRIG became known in the wake of the Global Surveillance and Espionage Affair as part of the revelations made by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden .

assignment

JTRIG's remit includes "dirty tricks" to "deny, disrupt, corrode and destroy" enemies by "discrediting" them, placing misinformation and attempting to shut down their communications.

Calls

In "cognitive hacking", secret services actively intervene in democratic processes in order to influence them, e.g. B. by manipulating online votes. According to GCHQ, all operations are compliant with UK law.

In 2011, JTRIG launched a DoS attack on the activist network Anonymous . Other JTRIG targets included Iran's nuclear program and the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Campaigns carried out by JTRIG can largely be divided into two categories; Cyber attacks and propaganda efforts. The propaganda efforts use "mass notifications" and the "spreading of rumors" in social networks, e.g. B. in Twitter , Flickr , Facebook and YouTube . " False flag " operations have also been used by JTRIG against targets.

It is a matter of widespread discrediting of network communication. Since these methods are also used against people who pose no threat to national security, it is a clear border shift.

A computer virus called Ambassadors Reception was used by the GCHQ "in a variety of different areas" and described in slides as "very effective". The virus can "encrypt itself, delete all emails, encrypt all files, [and shake] the screen" when sent to opponents. The virus can also prevent users from logging into their computers.

The slides also revealed the use of " honey traps " of a sexual nature by British agents. An identified target is lured "to a certain place on the Internet, or to a physical location" in order to meet "a friendly face" with the aim of discrediting them. A “ honey trap ” is considered “very successful” on the slides, “if it works”.

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References

  1. ↑ a b Snowden leaks: GCHQ 'attacked Anonymous' hackers . BBC . February 5, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Snowden Docs: British Spies Used Sex and 'Dirty Tricks' . NBC News . February 7, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  3. ↑ Markus Beckedahl: [ARCHIVE “Cognitive Hacking”: How secret services manipulate democratic processes] . In: Netzpolitik.org . July 21, 2014. Archived from the original on July 11, 2015. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
  4. ^ British Secret Service: GCHQ plans character assassination online , Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 25, 2014