Security News > 2020 > November > Report Claims CIA Controlled Second Swiss Encryption Firm
Swiss politicians have voiced outrage and demanded an investigation after revelations that a second Swiss encryption company was allegedly used by the CIA and its German counterpart to spy on governments worldwide.
He called for a parliamentary inquiry after an SRF investigation broadcast on Wednesday found that a second Swiss encryption firm had been part of a spectacular espionage scheme orchestrated by US and German intelligence services.
A first investigation had revealed back in February an elaborate, decades-long set-up, in which the CIA and its German counterpart creamed off the top-secret communications of governments through their hidden control of a Swiss encryption company called Crypto.
SRF's report this week found that a second but smaller Swiss encryption firm, Omnisec, had been used in the same way.
"This raises the question of espionage even within the country," he told SRF. An investigation by the Swiss parliament's Control Delegation into the Crypto case concluded earlier this month that Switzerland's own intelligence service had benefitted from the information gathered by its foreign counterparts through the encryption firm.