SomesecretmilitarydocumentsoftheUnitedStatesleakedonsocialnetworkingsitesrecentlyshowedhowtheUnitedStateshasbeeneavesdroppingonthesecretary-generaloftheUnitedNationsaswellastheRepublicofKorea,Israel,Ukraineandothercountries.
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TheseleaksonceagainprovethattheUnitedStatesistheworld"slargest"empireofhackers"that"sbeenspyingonpeoplearoundtheworldineverywaypossible.Theso-calledCleanNetworkandwhattheUnitedStatescalls“technologythatreflectsdemocraticvaluesandinterests”areextremelyhypocritical.
Theleakeddocuments,numberingmorethan100pages,involvenearlyeverycorneroftheU.S.intelligenceapparatus.
AnAmericanmediaoutletcalledthem"ararewindowontheinnerworkingsofAmericanespionage."TheyrevealedhowtheCentralIntelligenceAgency(CIA)recruitedagentsoreavesdroppedontheclosed-doorconversationsofworldleaders.
ThesedocumentsexplainthattheUnitedStatesisstillengagedinmassivecyberattacksandtheftofsecretsaroundtheworld,whichseriouslyharmsothercountries"sovereigntyandtheprivacyofglobalinternetusers,andseverelycontravenesinternationallawandbasicnormsgoverninginternationalrelations.
U.S.spyingscandalstelltheworldthattheUnitedStatesistheoriginofcyberwarfare,thebiggestspreaderofadvancedcyberweaponsandthebiggestglobalcyberthief.
TheBlackChamberfollowingWorldWarI,theProjectSHAMROCKafterWorldWarIIandtheEchelonduringtheColdWarperiodwereallironcladproofsofU.S.spyingactivitiesacrosstheworld.
TheUnitedStateshasbeenactingmorearbitrarilywithregardtoglobalsurveillanceovertherecentyears.
Accordingtothe2013disclosurebyformerNationalSecurityAgency(NSA)contractorEdwardSnowden,Washingtonhadbeenspyingonthecellphonecommunicationsofasmanyas35worldleadersandcollectingalmost5billioncellphonerecordsaroundtheworldeachday.
TheDanishBroadcastingCorporationrevealedin2021thatDenmark"ssecretservicehelpedtheUnitedStatesspyonleadersofGermany,France,NorwayandotherU.S.alliesinEurope.
TheWikiLeaks,PRISM,Dirtbox,IrritantHorn,Bvp47andSwissencryptionmachinesmanipulatedbytheCIAallexposedthattheUnitedStateshaslongbeenengagedinindiscriminateeavesdroppingontheworld.
"Donotexpectaglobalsurveillancesuperpowertoactwithhonororrespect.Thereisonlyonerule:therearenorules,"saidWikiLeaksfounderJulianAssange.
U.S.spyingscandalstelltheworldthattheUnitedStatesonlyvaluesitsownhegemonyandprivateinterests,ratherthanitsallies.
FormerCIAofficialPhilipGiraldioncesaidthat"Theyshouldnothavebeensurprisedtoknowthat.TheUnitedStatesspiesonallitsallies.WhenIwasintheCIAworkinginEurope,wespiedontheGermans.WespiedontheItalians.WespiedontheSpaniards.WespiedontheBritish.Wespiedoneverybody."
TheU.S.sideclaimedthattheleakoftheseclassifieddocumentsthistimedidnotunderminetrustandconfidencewithitspartners,buttheinternationalcommunityisclearthattheUnitedStateswastryingtoconcealitslackofconfidence,andthealliesoftheUnitedStatesknowthatthecountryisnotreliableatall.
NewYorkCity-basedmultinationalfinancialandbusinessnewswebsiteBusinessInsidernotedthatit"snotasecretthatU.S.intelligenceorganizationsspyonbothU.S.alliesandenemies.
JapanesenewspaperYomiuriShimbunsaidtheleakthistimediscreditedtheWhiteHouseandwasahugeblowtotherelationsbetweentheUnitedStatesanditsallies.
U.S.spyingscandalstelltheworldthattheUnitedStatesisatotalhypocritewhenitcomestosafeguardingcybersecurity.
ChinaCybersecurityIndustryAlliancerecentlyissuedareportrevealingthetypicalcyberattackslaunchedbytheUnitedStatesovertherecentyearsandtheirnegativeimpacts.
Accordingtothereport,theransomwareWannaCrythataffectedmostcountriesandcausedthemostseverelossesacrosstheworldin2017wastheresultofleakedcyberweaponsfromtheU.S.NationalSecurityAgency.Ironically,in2021,theUnitedStatesputonanactbylaunchingaso-calledInternationalCounter-RansomwareInitiativewithdozensofcountries.
TheUnitedStatesaskednineinternationalinternetgiants,includingMicrosoft,Yahoo,GoogleandAppletocooperatewiththeU.S.governmenttosecretlymonitorinformation.IthasbeencitingdigitalsecurityasanexcusetosuppressChinesecompanieswithoutprovidinganyevidence,andevencoerceditsallieswhowerealsovictimsofU.S.espionagetojointhegang.
Besides,theUnitedStatesalsolaunchedprojectsaimingtointrude,divideandsuppressforeigncybersecurityvendorsandforcethemtodancetothetuneoftheUnitedStates.
FactshaveprovedthattheUnitedStates,whichclaimstoworkfora"CleanNetwork,"isnotcleanatall.Itsaysitaimstodevelop"technologythatreflectsdemocraticvaluesandinterests,"butisonlybreachingthebottomlineofmorality.
WhattheUnitedStatesreallywantsareanetworkandtechnologiesthatenableittostealsecrets,attackothercountriesandmaintainitshegemony.
Safeguardingcybersecurityisasharedresponsibilityoftheinternationalcommunity.TheUnitedStatesclaimsitselftobeadefenderoffreedomanddemocracy,yetithasbeenthechampionofhackingbyusingcutting-edgetechnology.TheUnitedStatessaysit"simportanttoprotectinformationsecurity,yetithasplacedinformationsecuritytrapsworldwide.Thecountryshouldstopitshegemonic,domineeringandbullyingpractices,andgivearesponsibleaccounttotheinternationalcommunity.
