Western Spy Agencies Secretly Rely on Hackers for Intel and Expertise

The U.S., U.K. and Canadiangovernments characterize hackers asa criminal menace, warn of the threats they allegedly poseto critical infrastructure, andaggressively prosecute them, but they are also secretly exploiting their information and expertise, according to top secret documents.

In some cases, the surveillance agenciesare obtaining the content of emails by monitoring hackers as they breach emailaccounts, often without notifying the hacking victims of these breaches.“Hackers are stealing...