German magazine says US spy agency accessed network's internal communication during President Bush's second term.
Al Jazeera's internal communication was hacked by the United States’ National Security Agency (NSA), German news magazine Der Spiegel has said, citing leaked documents it has seen.
The intelligence agency accessed Al Jazeera's protected internal communication during President George Bush’s second term in office, Spiegel said.
It also said that the documents were passed onto the magazine by US whistleblower Edward Snowden.
"The encrypted information was forwarded to the responsible NSA departments for further analysis, according to the document, which did not reveal to what extent the intelligence agency spied on journalists or managers of the media company, or whether the surveillance is ongoing,” Spiegel added.
Accessing "Al Jazeera broadcasting internal communication" was listed as a "notable success", the document showed, according to Spiegel.
The NSA named Al Jazeera as one of the selected targets and had "high potential as sources of intelligence", the magazine said.
Snowden, a former contracted NSA employee, is wanted by the US since June for leaking NSA surveillance secrets to the media.
In August, Snowden left a Moscow airport after more than a month in the transit section, as he was granted temporary asylum in Russia for one year.
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