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GCSB 'had no idea' spy gear was still targeting Kim Dotcom

By: David Fisher

Senior writer, NZ Herald

david.fisher@nzherald.co.nz

THE GCSB lost control of its surveillance technology and wasn't aware its systems continued spying on Kim Dotcom, according to new documents from the spy bureau.

It claimed that it turned off all surveillance systems targeting Dotcom and others but
found out more than a year later that surveillance continued without its knowledge.

The details in the documents have led Dotcom to state that there is now evidence the United States' National Security Agency was carrying out surveillance on him.

Dotcom, who should have been protected from GCSB surveillance as a New Zealand resident, said the GCSB did not know because its equipment was being used by the NSA, which was "directly involved".

"New Zealanders must know how much power a foreign state holds over their private information," he told the New Zealand Herald.

The admission from the Government Communications Security Bureau was made in High Court papers.