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Toolbox - Spiegel online: LINK ¤ SPIEGEL ONLINE

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• "documents of the NSA - described a toolbox !"

 

 

 

 

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• "an internal product catalog - of a division called - ANT !"

 

 

 

 

 

• "the documents described - back doors - of end-user devices !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "methods of the security architecture - of Cisco !"

 

 

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• "Huawei - and computer-maker Dell !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described - secret back doors !"

 

 

 

 

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• "computing centers - individual computers - laptops - mobile phones !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described a - program called - "Feedtrough"  !"

 

 

 

 

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• "implants for Juniper - and for Juniper firewalls !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "could smuggle other programs - into mainframe computers !"

 

 

 

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• "and that they even survived - "across reboots - and software upgrades"  ! "

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described - specialists at ANT - advanced network technology !"

 

 

 

 

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• "in cases where TAO's - tailored access operations - methods did not suffice !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "ANT workers stepped in - with their special tools !"

 

 

 

 

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• "with "implants" - networking equipment - mobile phones - and computers ! - ( diverted or even modified - data ! )"

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described a - covert network - alongside the Internet !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

• "a rigged monitor cable - that allowed to see - what was displayed on a monitor !"

 

 

 

 

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• "was available for just - US$ 30 !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "an "active GSM base station" - a tool that made it possible - to mimic a mobile phone tower !"

 

 

 

 

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• "costed a full - US$ 40,000 !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "computer devices - disguised as normal USB plugs - that was capable of sending and receiving data - via radio !"

 

 

 

 

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• "was available in packs of 50 - for US$ 1 million !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described the - ANT division - did not only manufacture !"

 

 

 

 

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• "but also developed software - for special tasks !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "they had a preference for codes - in so-called BIOS !"

 

 

 

 

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• "software located on a computer's motherboard - that was the first thing to load - when a computer was turned on !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the PC - or server - appeared to be functioning - normally !"

 

 

 

 

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• "so the code remained invisible - to protection - and security programs !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and even if the hard drive - would be renewed - and a new operating system was installed !"

 

 

 

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• "the code could continue to function - on what was presumed to be a clean computer !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unit - Spiegel online: LINK ¤ SPIEGEL ONLINE

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• "documents of the NSA - described a unit - called TAO !"

 

 

 

 

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• "tailored access operations - housed in a separate wing - created in 1997 !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described - hacked into communications traffic !"

 

 

 

 

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• "broke into - computers - and computer networks !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "and had its own - covert network !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "it even intercepted shipping deliveries - planted back doors - in electronics !"

 

 

 

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• "technical weaknesses - from Microsoft - to Cisco - and Huawei !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Quantum Computer - Washington Post: LINK ¤ WASHINGTON POST

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• "documents of the NSA - described a project !"

 

 

 

 

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• "development of a - "quantum computer"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "a US$ 79.7 million research program - was titled - "hard targets"  !"

 

 

 

 

 

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• "the documents described the goal of a - "cryptologically useful quantum computer"  !"

 

 

• "encryption - that protects banking - medical - business - and government records !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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QUANTUM - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ QUANTUM

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