
GCHQ port scans 32 countries to find servers it can hack and use in attacks
GCHQ's 'Hacienda' programme to find insecure servers it can compromise - and from which it can conduct attacks

Spy agency GCHQ has been routinely scanning internet-connected servers in 27 countries in a bid to find insecure systems that it can compromise. GCHQ has been using port-scanning programmes since 2009...
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