Google queries allowed Iran Government to dismantle the CIA communication network used by its agents and kill dozens of tens of spies

The alleged hack of the communications network used by CIA agents allowed Iranian intelligence to identify and kill at least 30 spies.

According to Yahoo! News the security breach has happened in 2009, the Iranian intelligence infiltrated a series of websites used by the CIA to communicate with agents worldwide, including Iran and China.

“The previously unreported global problem originated in Iran and spiderwebbed to other countries, and was left unrepaired — despite warnings about what was happening — until more than two dozen sources died in China in 2011 and 2012 as a result, according to 11 former intelligence and national security officials.” reported Yahoo News.

“A former senior intelligence official with direct knowledge of the compromise said it had global implications for the CIA. “You start thinking twice about people, from China to Russia to Iran to North Korea,” said the former official. The CIA was worried about its network “totally unwinding worldwide.””

Experts speculate that the hack of the communications network was the result of a simple Google search. The Iranian intelligence initially identified a double agent that showed them one of the sites used by the network of CIA agents, then Iranian counter espionage used Google to identify other similar sites used by the CIA and started to intercept their communications.