The British GCHQ has disclosed dozens vulnerabilities this year

  • 1 May 2016
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After the very public spat between the FBI and Apple it is good to know that at least 1 Government agency is doing something to help and looking for vulnerabilities, including a serious one in the latest Firefox build. .
 
May 1, 2016  By Pierluigi Paganini
 

The CESG is considered the Information Security Arm of GCHQ, it has disclosed more than 20 vulnerabilities affecting multiple software this year.

 
The British intelligence agency GCHQ has disclosed more than 20 vulnerabilities affecting multiple software. The information was shared by a GCHQ spokesperson with the Motherboard.
 
The flaws were discovered by the CESG (Communications-Electronics Security Group), which is considered the Information Security Arm of GCHQ.
 
“So far in 2016 GCHQ/CESG has disclosed more than 20 vulnerabilities across a number of software products,” is the statement released by the GCHQ spokesperson to Motherboard.
 
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Agreed, Jasper...kudos to GCHQ for being so public spirited in the matter. I am sure that detractors will point at their 'spying' activities...but we know that they do/will, and that they do not have to share...hence why I think that they should be applauded for this stance.

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