▲ Source: Russia
Today Today Russia reported on the 11th that according to a joint investigation by the Washington Post and the German Public Broadcasting Corporation, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the German Federal Intelligence Agency have secretly acquired them since the 1970s. A Swiss crypto company has used its device to eavesdrop on 120 countries around the world. In response, Switzerland said it had launched an investigation. According to reports, Crypto AG is a Swiss encryption company that provides communications encryption equipment to approximately 120 countries. Its customers include Iran, many Latin American countries, India, Pakistan and the Vatican. The investigation pointed out that since the 1970s, the crypto company has been serving the CIA and the German Federal Intelligence Agency, providing them with secret information about their customers' countries and regions. According to a survey, in the 1980s, about 40% of all diplomatic telegrams and other government information analyzed by the National Security Agency came from the company's equipment, which proves that the United States has obtained a large amount of material from wiretapping operations. In addition, the investigation revealed that the company's equipment was used to gather intelligence in a series of geopolitical incidents-including monitoring Iranian leaders during the 1979 hostage crisis, and providing Britain with information on the Argentine army during the Falkland Islands War . The Washington Post stated that the German Federal Intelligence Agency dropped its cooperation with the company in 1993. Since then, the CIA has acquired German shares and has been conducting eavesdropping operations until 2018. However, Crypto AG has denied any involvement with the intelligence agencies. The company's chairman, Andreas Linde, said in an interview with The Washington Post: "We have never had any relationship with the CIA or the German Federal Intelligence Agency. If you are true, then I feel like Betrayed. "The Swiss government has ordered Tuesday (11th) an investigation into an intelligence-gathering operation that has allegedly been going on for decades.