Re:Apple tells Congress that it has found no sign of microch...
by rasz on Monday October 08, 2018 @07:20AM
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Think Three Days of the Condor. They printed it, but CIA cleaned up most of its mess, or is in frantic cleaning mode right now. Suppose Story is true, but Bloomberg mangled couple of facts, and didnt know about bigger picture.
- Chinese did in fact make firmware implants, but purely software based (no chips).
- hacks were highly targeted, aimed at Elemental (CIA drone feeds) AMAZON (aws) APPLE (iCloud).
Both denied by Apple in 2016, "Apple spokesperson has denied there was any security incident", but "miraculously" confirmed right now https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/10/what-businessweek-got..., admitting 2016 deny was a lie after all, but we arent lying this time, promise!
- CIA detected these attacks early and managed to inject itself into the data patch between hacked systems and China. Just imagine the power of welding such a tool. You have the ability to cut the hack at any moment you like, block certain information from leaking, INJECT your own misinformation, and most importantly you get to keep all the data being exfiltrated. Win win win win.
- and all of a sudden some stupid unpatriotic journalists spoil one of your biggest, most successful counter intelligence operations.
- Chinese did in fact make firmware implants, but purely software based (no chips).
- hacks were highly targeted, aimed at Elemental (CIA drone feeds) AMAZON (aws) APPLE (iCloud).
Both denied by Apple in 2016, "Apple spokesperson has denied there was any security incident", but "miraculously" confirmed right now https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/10/what-businessweek-got..., admitting 2016 deny was a lie after all, but we arent lying this time, promise!
- CIA detected these attacks early and managed to inject itself into the data patch between hacked systems and China. Just imagine the power of welding such a tool. You have the ability to cut the hack at any moment you like, block certain information from leaking, INJECT your own misinformation, and most importantly you get to keep all the data being exfiltrated. Win win win win.
- and all of a sudden some stupid unpatriotic journalists spoil one of your biggest, most successful counter intelligence operations.