Snowden/Greenwald release document showing NSA installation of spyware in internet routers intercepted during shipment

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Snowden/Greenwald release document showing NSA installation of spyware in internet routers intercepted during shipment

Posted By: MrFusion [Send E-Mail]
Date: Wednesday, 14-May-2014 16:39:14

I guess there's something to be said for buying such equipment off the shelf at Best Buy. Of course, this could also just be a snow[den] job, with routers having such back doors pre-installed at the factory, for which there is some evidence. It is implied that the hacked routers are only sent to international destinations. We can take that to the bank, right? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Photos of an NSA “upgrade” factory show Cisco router getting implant Servers, routers get “beacons” implanted at secret locations by NSA’s TAO team. by Sean Gallagher - May 14 2014 A document included in the trove of National Security Agency files released with Glenn Greenwald’s book No Place to Hide details how the agency’s Tailored Access Operations (TAO) unit and other NSA employees intercept servers, routers, and other network gear being shipped to organizations targeted for surveillance and install covert implant firmware onto them before they’re delivered. These Trojan horse systems were described by an NSA manager as being “some of the most productive operations in TAO because they pre-position access points into hard target networks around the world.” ~~~~~ CONTINUE AT: ~~~~~ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/photos-of-an-nsa-upgrade-factory-show-cisco-router-getting-implant/