Edward Snowden says the NSA has an autonomous Monstermind
Edward Snowden has given a long interview to Wired magazine in which he reveals that he has not read all of the NSA documents that he took with him when he left, but is shocked by the ones that he has.
Snowden met journalist James Bamford in clandestine circumstances in Russia, a country that recently extended his asylum with a residence permit. During the interview, which took place over several days, he revealed that the NSA has an autonomous system for tracking and retaliating to cyber attacks, and said that it is called Monstermind.
Putting aside the fact that the NSA might need to start reconsidering its naming conventions, Monstermind sounds very capable, and apparently is able to thwart attacks without drawing anyone away from scanning email traffic and profiling people. However, it brings up some obvious concerns.
