KPN tranmission lines were tapped by BND, whistleblower states
The German security service BND tapped dozens of key transmission lines between the Netherlands and the rest of the world on behalf of NSA in the US, according to Austrian MP and whistleblower Peter Pilz.
Pilz presented a list of tapped transmission lines at a press conference in Bern on Wednesday but declined to say where he got the list.
The list included at least 71 KPN internet cable connections which went from Amsterdam and Rotterdam via Germany to other countries including Saudi Arabia, Israel and Russia, the NRC reported.
Pilz says the spying project was called ‘Eikonal’ and ran from 2005-2008.
Earlier this week, Dutch home affairs minister Ronald Plasterk told MPs there is no evidence the Netherlands was listened into or that the Netherlands was a target.
Dutch MEP Judith Sargentini wants Plasterk to properly investigate the claims, saying she fears the Netherlands was the subject of industrial espionage.
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