Inside TAO: Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit The NSAs TAO hacking unit is considered to be the intelligence agencys top secret weapon. It maintains its own covert network, infiltrates computers around the world and even intercepts shipping deliveries to plant back doors in electronics ordered by those it is targeting. In January 2010, numerous homeowners in San Antonio, Texas, stood baffled in front of their closed garage doors. They wanted to drive to work or head off to do their grocery shopping, but their garage door openers had gone dead, leaving them stranded. No matter how many times they pressed the buttons, the doors didnt budge. The problem primarily affected residents in the western part of the city, around Military Drive and the interstate highway known as Loop 410. Officials at the agency were forced to admit that one of the NSAs radio antennas was broadcasting at the same frequency as the garage door openers. Embarrassed officials at the intelligence agency promised to resolve the issue as quickly as possible, and soon the doors began opening again. It was thanks to the garage door opener episode that Texans learned just how far the NSAs work had encroached upon their daily lives. spiegel.de/international/world/the-nsa-uses-powerful-toolbox-in-effort-to-spy-on-global-networks-a-940969.html
Posted on: Sun, 26 Jan 2014 05:45:35 +0000
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