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Photos of an NSA “upgrade” factory show Cisco router getting implant

• Zigurd 12y ago
  It's not as easy as steaming the packing tape off. Some security standards require tamper-evident seals on equipment. Either equipment makers are enabling these "upgrades," or tamper-evident seals aren't.
  • jloughry 12y ago
    Roger Johnston's "seal defeat laboratory" at Argonne has published many results about this [1]. The vast majority of seals are defeated in five minutes or less. [1] http://www.ne.anl.gov/capabilities/vat/defeat.html http://www.ne.anl.gov/capabilities/vat/defeat.html
    • Zigurd 12y ago
      Wow, a whole "security" industry unmasked as a security theater prop shop. Considering the stakes in food adulteration, etc. you would think the FTC would shut down ineffective products in that category, especially since VAT at Argonne not only defeats defective seals, but invents ones that work.