Secret Documents Reveal NSA Surveillance Program to Monitor ‎Bitcoin Users

[kreslik.news]

Despite the popular misconception, cryptocurrency may not be truly anonymous. The ‎Intercept today published a story based on confidential National Security Agency documents, ‎which claim that the NSA targeted bitcoin users through a government surveillance ‎program code-named MONKEYROCKET.‎

The NSA access is part of a previously undisclosed program called OAKSTAR, ‎which allows officials to collect a wide range of users’ information through a ‎collection of covert corporate partnerships. The collected ‎materials included bitcoin users’ password information, internet activity, ‎and ‎MAC address, among many others.

The secret document shows that the spy system facilitates ‎extensive, in-depth surveillance on live communications and stored information.‎ ... (read more)