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Latest Snowden Leaks Show GCHQ Gleefully Hacking Belgian Telco

5 pointsby SingleFounderCoover 11 years ago

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SingleFounderCoover 11 years ago
OK. I too am already tired of hearing about this Snowden stuff but felt this was interesting to share because it mentions a (new to me) method &#x2F; technology &#x2F; &quot;project&quot; (i.e. &#x27;Quantum Insert&#x27;) which I hadn&#x27;t seen before in previous releases.<p>&quot;According to the slides in the GCHQ presentation, the attack was directed at several Belgacom employees and involved the planting of a highly developed attack technology referred to as a &quot;Quantum Insert&quot; (&quot;QI&quot;). It appears to be a method with which the person being targeted, without their knowledge, is redirected to websites that then plant malware on their computers that can then manipulate them.&quot;<p>Here&#x27;s the link to the related story in case you missed it: <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/british-spy-agency-gchq-hacked-belgian-telecoms-firm-a-923406.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.spiegel.de&#x2F;international&#x2F;europe&#x2F;british-spy-agenc...</a><p>And here are the slides: <a href="http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-gallery-operation-socialist-fotostrecke-101663-3.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.spiegel.de&#x2F;fotostrecke&#x2F;photo-gallery-operation-so...</a>