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Showing Original Post only (View all)Photos of an NSA “upgrade” factory show Cisco router getting implant [View all]
A document included in the trove of National Security Agency files released with Glenn Greenwalds book No Place to Hide details how the agencys 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 theyre 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.
The document, a June 2010 internal newsletter article by the chief of the NSAs Access and Target Development department (S3261) includes photos (above) of NSA employees opening the shipping box for a Cisco router and installing beacon firmware with a load station designed specifically for the task.
The NSA manager described the process:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/photos-of-an-nsa-upgrade-factory-show-cisco-router-getting-implant/
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.
The document, a June 2010 internal newsletter article by the chief of the NSAs Access and Target Development department (S3261) includes photos (above) of NSA employees opening the shipping box for a Cisco router and installing beacon firmware with a load station designed specifically for the task.
The NSA manager described the process:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/photos-of-an-nsa-upgrade-factory-show-cisco-router-getting-implant/
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grahamhgreen
May 2014
OP
You stated where you think the NSA should be reigned in? And its operations overseen
villager
May 2014
#34
Ah yes, "the NSA isn't violating any laws! The 'courts' are keeeping them in check!"
villager
May 2014
#40
I'd imagine many more alternative exist; e.g., a dogmatic hack, possibly...
LanternWaste
May 2014
#12
after reading this thread so far, it's interesting the person trying to have an actual discussion
KittyWampus
May 2014
#77
Yes, we understand - they are spying on the wrong people, inciting wars, and destabilizing the world
grahamhgreen
May 2014
#47
No. I do understand your points. I hope you understand mine. What I'd like to see is evidence
grahamhgreen
May 2014
#102
Yes. Why? They work for me and have zero credibility. They've jumped the shark and are over their
grahamhgreen
May 2014
#104
So does a police state. They work for us. They are spying on us. They failed on 9-11 & Iraq. They
grahamhgreen
May 2014
#107
Sure, but the NSA should not be performing them. They seem to have been corrupted by the neo-cons.
grahamhgreen
May 2014
#109
Would you keep going back to the same doctors once you figured out that nothing was wrong with you,
grahamhgreen
May 2014
#111
In my view, the NSA is not providing intelligence for the American people. They are willfully
grahamhgreen
May 2014
#121
What part of the NSA Charter allows them to gather intelligence on US Citizens domestically?
Savannahmann
May 2014
#71
Except they didnt show up until after someone posted a taunt that was sure to draw them in
cstanleytech
May 2014
#44
I'm disappointed. I thought for sure you'd go with your 'there is no proof' argument.
DesMoinesDem
May 2014
#24
I object that you didn't claim that the NSA newsletter wasn't proof of anything.
DesMoinesDem
May 2014
#28
nice to see the NSA use the baby blue console cable like the rest of the world
snooper2
May 2014
#20
I'm SHOCKED, SCHOCKED I SAY That our spy agencies actually, you know, SPY! eom
MohRokTah
May 2014
#60
I would agree with you. What is described in the story does NOT violate the 4th
MohRokTah
May 2014
#58
No, the traitors who shipped all our chip manufacturing to China deserve prison!
grahamhgreen
May 2014
#53
Exactly. It's a strange, narrow panic-response, causing more and more rhetorical knots
villager
May 2014
#69