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Re:Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backd... by wolverine876 on Monday April 01, 2024 @02:20PM (#39897316)
> The USA seems to have an affinity for hardware interdiction as opposed to software backdoors.

What are some examples?

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Re:Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backd... by AlexCoventry on Monday April 01, 2024 @02:37PM (#39897524)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailored_Access_Operations
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Re:Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backd... by acid__ on Monday April 01, 2024 @06:54PM (#39900357)
Be sure to check out the mentioned catalog. [1]

The NSA's capabilities back in 2008 were pretty astonishing: "RAGEMASTER" A $30 device that taps a VGA cable and transmits the contents of your screen to the NSA van sitting outside! Crazy stuff. Makes you wonder what they've built in the last 15 years.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANT_catalog

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Re:Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backd... by masklinn on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @01:08AM (#39902581)
Today you’ve got open access USB cable which can stream your shit out on WiFi, no doubt the NSA has worse.
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Re:Xzbot: Notes, honeypot, and exploit demo for the xz backd... by nick238 on Monday April 01, 2024 @02:29PM (#39897421)
The Clipper chip? Not sure if that's what they had in mind. Nowadays it's maybe just how the NSA has rooms attached to backbone providers like https://theintercept.com/2018/06/25/att-internet-nsa-spy-hub...
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