In some cases the NSA has masqueraded as a fake Facebook server, using the social media site as a launching pad to infect a target’s computer and exfiltrate files from a hard drive. In others, it has sent out spam emails laced with the malware, which can be tailored to covertly record audio from a computer’s microphone and take snapshots with its webcam. The hacking systems have also enabled the NSA to launch cyberattacks by corrupting and disrupting file downloads or denying access to websites.
The man-in-the-middle tactic can be used, for instance, to covertly change the content of a message as it is being sent between two people, without either knowing that any change has been made by a third party.
- From Glenn Greenwald’s latest article: How the NSA Plans to Infect Millions of Computers with Malware
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We are all fortunate that Edward Snowden came along,because all of this would not have been revealed.Before him there was mere speculation.Now there is specificity.He has given us some app idea of the scope of it all.
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