NSA Reportedly Intercepting Laptops Purchased Online to Implant Spyware

Posted by danielzeevi under Technology
From http://dashburst.com 3974 days ago
Made Hot by: maestro68 on January 1, 2014 1:44 pm

A new report by German news outlet Der Spiegel claims that the intelligence agency's elite hacking unit, TAO, has been conducting intrusive wiretaps that would make your typical sci-fi movie seem realistic.

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Written by lyceum
3972 days ago

Another reason for getting a Mac computer? ;)

"Also, the NSA can supposedly intercept error logs from Microsoft's Windows OS to exploit vulnerabilities in a target computer to hack into it with custom Trojans or other spyware."

Seriously speaking, this is scary news. Could you computer been handled by an "interdiction" method? See Der Spiegel's article for this made up NSA word.

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