GCHQ Accidentally Spied On Itself Too Much

GCHQ inadvertently collected too much data on its own staff, an annual report has revealed. The error was due to a "lack of understanding" of a spy system's full capabilities, leading to more data being captured than was authorized.

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GCHQ explained that it had not understood the full capabilities of the snooping tool with the Commissioner saying it was clearly a "technical error and not deliberate"

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Steve said:

Okay, this is just too damn funny! I like how the excuse was "lack of understanding" of the system's full capabilities. Riiiiight.

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