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siljaline
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How the NSA's Firmware Hacking Works

How the NSA’s Firmware Hacking Works and Why It’s So Unsettling
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One of the most shocking parts of the recently discovered spying network Equation Group is its mysterious module designed to reprogram or reflash a computer hard drive’s firmware with malicious code. The Kaspersky researchers who uncovered this said its ability to subvert hard drive firmware—the guts of any computer—“surpasses anything else” they had ever seen. [...]
»www.wired.com/2015/02/ns ··· hacking/

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interesting

Anon

I just have one question. How come everyone knows soo much about the inner workings of the NSA, their programs, their interns etc. And not much is known about the inner workings of the other foreign equivalent spy agencies? It's not like NSA is the only one doing this? How about the Russian FSB/KGB or whatever they want to call themselves, or the Chinese spies or the Mosad etc?

Does NSA really sucks that much in terms of keeping security secret or has it just became the spy agency to pick on? Like a nice new headline fad? The Dr.OZ sensationalism news report headline maker?

Link Logger
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Calgary, AB

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MVM

The NSA is the one to pick on as the other ones have a habit of making leaks and critics disappear. The only thing better then security is fear and security.

Blake