TOP SECRET//COMINT//REL TO USA, AUS, CAN, GBR, NZL//20320108 (S//SI) Topic: Exploiting Terrorist Use of Games & Virtual Environments (TS//SI) Issue: We know that terrorists use many feature-rich Internet communications media for operational purposes such as email, VoIP, chat, proxies, and web forums and it is highly likely they will be making wide use of the…
Xbox Live among game services targeted by US and UK spy agencies NSA and GCHQ collect gamers' chats and deploy real-life agents into World of Warcraft and Second Life Read the NSA document: Exploiting Terrorist Use of Games & Virtual Environments James Ball The Guardian, Monday 9 December 2013 18.26 EST World of Warcraft: the NSA…
According to leaked documents, online games like World of Warcraft and Second Life were fertile grounds for exploitation along both signals intelligence and human intelligence lines.