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Report: NSA intercepts computer deliveries to plant spyware |
December 30, 2013
A special hacking unit of the U.S. National Security Agency intercepts deliveries of new computer equipment en route to plant spyware, according to a report on Sunday from Der Spiegel, a German publication.The method, called “interdiction,” is one of the most successful operations conducted by the NSA’s Office of Tailored Access Operations (TAO), which specializes in infiltrating computers, wrote the publication, citing a top-secret document.”If a target person, agency or company orders a new computer or related accessories, for example, TAO can divert the shipping delivery to its own secret workshops,” Der Spiegel wrote.The workshops, called “load stations,” install malware or hardware components that give the NSA access to the computer, it wrote.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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