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Daily Dashboard | U.S., UK Agencies Infiltrate Online Gaming Related reading: OMB to issue government-wide AI risk mitigation directive

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The Guardian reports on new leaks from Edward Snowden revealing that the U.S. National Security Agency and the UK’s GCHQ have infiltrated large online gaming communities to gather intelligence on possible terrorist activity. According to the documents, the agencies possess massive data-collection capabilities within the Xbox Live console network—a gaming community with approximately 48 million users. Documents also reveal that if done correctly, spying within the networks could produce intelligence on users’ social networking, target identifiers such as profile photos, geolocation, biometrics and other communications. Makers of the game World of Warcraft said they “are unaware of any surveillance taking place … If it was, it would have been done without our knowledge or permission.”
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