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Chat => Tech Chat => Topic started by: ryant704 on November 11, 2013, 05:17:28 AM

Title: GHCQ planting malware on peoples computers?
Post by: ryant704 on November 11, 2013, 05:17:28 AM

See here (http://www.theverge.com/2013/11/10/5088048/british-intelligence-gchq-linkedin-slashdot-quantum-insert)

"German newspaper Der Spiegel reports that British spy agency GCHQ set up fake LinkedIn and Slashdot pages to plant malware within Belgacom, a Belgian telecommunications company. Using a method called "quantum insert," the GCHQ was reportedly able to preempt legitimate access to the websites, redirecting the employees to fake sites that compromised their computers. Der Spiegel reports that the GCHQ and NSA were also able to infiltrate the Vienna headquarters of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). The report is the latest based on documents provided by whistleblower Edward Snowden."

Title: Re: GHCQ planting malware on peoples computers?
Post by: guest on November 11, 2013, 08:09:48 AM

Pot calling the kettle black really. The Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND) have been caught putting malware onto other peoples machines on several occasions* over the last decade. Der Spiegel is probably more annoyed that GCHQ seems more competent at it than the BDN  :lol:

*not for "national security" purposes on some of those occasions, but for things like tax investigations.