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NSA reportedly installing spyware on US-made hardware

Posted on May 12, 2014 by pogowasright.org

Dara Kerr reports:

The National Security Agency has been allegedly accessing routers, servers, and other computer network devices to plant backdoors and other spyware before they’re shipped overseas, according to the Guardian.

The news about the NSA’s alleged interception of hardware comes via journalist Glenn Greenwald’s new book about Edward Snowden’s NSA leaks titled “No Place to Hide.” Greenwald apparently obtained documents from Snowden that detailed the NSA receiving or intercepting various devices in the US before export.

Read more on CNET.

Category: GovtSurveillanceU.S.

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