NSA was responsible for 2012 Syrian internet blackout, Snowden says
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When Syria's access to the internet was cut for two days back in 2012, it apparently wasn't 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 country's internet traffic. Instead, it ended up accidentally rendered the router unusable, causing Syria's internet connection to go dark.
At least it was on accident. Mess at the US not taking responsibility and getting exposed two years later, but could you imagine if that **** was done on purpose?
Every single piece of media blamed the Syrian gov't for this even though they didn't have concrete facts. 
Mess at the US not taking responsibility and getting exposed two years later, but could you imagine if that **** was done on purpose? 