NEW DELHI: Edward Snowden has revealed that not even Pakistanis were safe from surveillance of NSA and major portion of surveillance was done on journalists.
About 13.5 billion pieces of email, phone and fax communications were intercepted from the country.
The famous whistleblower who resides in asylum in Russia has also said that although Pakistani journalists are victim of major surveillance, they still have little knowledge about cyber security, according to MoreMag.
He said, “There were people in news organizations who did not recognise that any unencrypted message sent over the internet is being delivered to every intelligence service in the world. In the wake of this year’s disclosures, it should be clear that unencrypted journalist-source communication is unforgivably reckless.”
A study even revealed that cyber insecurity of data of journalists even puts their physical security into jeopardy. In wake of all these events, a workshop was held by Senate Committee on Defence titled as “Cyber Security for Journalists” to help journalists understand the concept and need of cyber security for journalists.
Committee’s head Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed said that workshop is not just about informing journalist about the issues related to cyber security but to also take their input for secure cyber space in the country.
