The National Security Agency U.S. (NSA ) managed to sneak malware on the computers of people by intercepting them before they ship out of the country , according to previously top secret documents .
In a fit of the NSA called " ban" , the body can divert supplies of their own machines " charging stations " where you can install the software or hardware to spy on those teams. A document suggested this tactic was one of the "most productive" piracy operations of the NSA.
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The operations were carried out by the Office of the NSA Tailored Operations (TAO ) access, which has carried out numerous offensive operations hacking . Documents showed the body took on 279 missions in 2010, according to the German publication Der Spiegel.
The revelations came within days after a judge in the U.S. declared the NSA vacuum metadata phone to be legal , which contradicts an earlier ruling that declared the "probably unconstitutional" actions.
A case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU ) was dismissed by Judge William Pauley III , who said the collection of metadata was legal under Section 215 of the Patriot Act and under the Fourth Amendment. The ACLU has vowed to appeal , that is, a struggle in the U.S. Supreme Court is probably trying .
TAO has other fraudulent to access target machine " forms. Known When a machine is in need of an upgrade of Windows , TAO can determine which potentially exploitable flaws are residents in that PC.
The tools used by NSA agents are named as Angry Neighbor HowlerMonkey and Waterwitch . The U.S. government expected to commit around 85,000 computers with this type of offensive tools to the end of 2013 .
The NSA told German newspaper : " Access operations as a unique national asset that is at the forefront of enabling the NSA to defend the nation and its allies. " It would not be answering questions on the specific activities listed above.
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