Flubbed NSA Hack Caused Massive 2012 Syrian Internet Blackout, Snowden Says

When all of Syria was knocked offline in 2012, not long after the dawn of the country's civil war, both sides pointed their finger at each other. They should have pointed the finger at the U.S. government, according to former National Security Administration contractor Edward J. Snowden, who gave an extensive interview with James Bamford published Wednesday in Wired magazine.