The US intelligence was allowed to hack into computers worldwide

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Спецслужбам США разрешили взламывать компьютеры по всему мируUs intelligence agencies will be able to “search” the computers around the world.

Human rights activists believe that the FBI will be able to carry out a massive hacker attack on a computer network.

The U.S. Supreme court made the decision according to which us courts will be able to give the investigating authorities the sanctions on access to any computers, including those residing abroad.

Previously, judges could issue sanctions only for access to computers located in their jurisdiction.

Chief justice John Roberts has already sent the decision to the United States Congress, which until December 1, shall make appropriate amendments to the legislation. If lawmakers won’t make it this time, changes in Federal laws, the Supreme court’s decision will take effect automatically. Reuters notes that congressmen rarely use their right to make changes in Federal laws, so it is unlikely that this will happen, especially against the background of preparations for the elections of the President of the United States.

The Agency also notes that the decision was made, despite the protests of human rights defenders and civil society activists who believe that these amendments will significantly expand the powers of the FBI in the implementation of hacker attacks in the investigation of crimes.

On introducing amendments to the criminal legislation from 2013 insisted the U.S. justice Department, which called them “minor changes”. Human rights organizations and Google has opposed this initiative. According to them, the FBI will now be able to carry out a massive hacker attack on a computer network.

Democratic Senator from Oregon Ron Wyden (Ron Wyden) has condemned the amendments to the law, describing them as having “significant implications for the personal lives of Americans” and promised to seek their abolition. “Under the proposed rules, the government will now be able to obtain a single warrant to access and search thousands or millions of computers at the same time, and the vast majority of affected computers will belong to the victims, not the perpetrators of cybercrime,” said Visible.

The Ministry of justice the need to amend explain the fact that criminals increasingly use “anonymizers” to hide their identity on the Internet, and remote requests are often the only way to detain such suspects.

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