NSA offices
A new report coming out of Germany indicates the
NSA's PRISM scandal runs much deeper than has been acknowledged by
the National Security Agency. The Spiegel news agency reports the
NSA has a hacking division known as TAO that specializes in hard to
reach hacking targets.
NSA headquarters
The NSA's TAO division employs tactics such as
intercepting computer deliveries to install malware on computer
units and replacing regular cables with special data cables that
collect and transmit data back to the agency. A few years ago, there
was a reported case of someone buying a brand new computer only to
open it up and find malware pre-installed on the unit. Therefore,
the claims regarding the NSA's TAO are not far fetched.
