NSA SNOOPING UPDATE: NSA WHISTLEBLOWER EDWARD SNOWDEN SAYS FOR 4 YEARS U.S. GOVERNMENT BEEN HACKING CHINESE UNIVERSITIES, BUSINESSES AND POLITICIANS

Defiant: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has spoken in an exclusive interview with a Chinese newspaper and said he will remain in Hong Kong and fight any extradition bid from the U.S.

  • Edward Snowden spoke with the South China Morning Post on Wednesday
  • He exposed more details about U.S. surveillance targets in China
  • He said he will remain in Hong Kong and fight any extradition bid
  • He believes the government is ‘bullying’ Hong Kong to extradite
  • Snowden’s whereabouts in Hong Kong are still unknown

By Lydia Warren

Edward Snowden, the former CIA analyst behind the NSA leaks, has claimed that the U.S. government has been hacking Hong Kong and Chinese networks for at least four years.

In his first interview since he revealed himself on Sunday, the 29-year-old whistleblower told the South China Morning Post that the NSA has hacked the country’s universities, businesses and politicians.

He claimed the agency had hundreds of targets – including the Chinese University of Hong Kong – from as far back as 2009, but that these were just a fraction of the 61,000 NSA hacking operations carried out globally.

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