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> One day an intelligence officer told him that TAO—a division of NSA hackers—had attempted in 2012 to remotely install an exploit in one of the core routers at
by elwell 12y ago
> One day an intelligence officer told him that TAO—a division of NSA hackers—had attempted in 2012 to remotely install an exploit in one of the core routers at a major Internet service provider in Syria, which was in the midst of a prolonged civil war. This would have given the NSA access to email and other Internet traffic from much of the country. But something went wrong, and the router was bricked instead—rendered totally inoperable. The failure of this router caused Syria to suddenly lose all connection to the Internet—although the public didn't know that the US government was responsible. (This is the first time the claim has been revealed.)
- crunchcaptain 12y agoIt's very interesting that TAO attempted to remotely compromise a core router. What happened to diverting Cisco boxes to an "undisclosed location" for installing implants?
- lallysingh 12y agoNobody was ordering replacement routers in the area that they wanted? At least not until their old one magically bricked itself...
- noobface 12y agoIt's illegal for US corporations to do deals directly with several governments. Syria most likely bought the gear used through gray/black market channels.
- tacotime 12y agoWhere can I get me one of those sweet sweet black market routers?