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Re:Sysadmins see evidence that they have been hacked by GCHQ... by bashinator on Tuesday September 16, 2014 @01:39PM (#8325773)
3G keyloggers. Data egress is completely bypassing your network. (There are pwnie express boxes that include a 3G data link for bypassing target networks when sending results back.) I guess you could add physical scans for unauthorized radio transmitters to your security routine. Opsec is hard.
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Re:Sysadmins see evidence that they have been hacked by GCHQ... by atmosx on Wednesday September 17, 2014 @04:37AM (#8329084)
Sure, but that's a physical attack: You need someone to install the 3G Keylogger to your machinery.

I was talking on a keyboard-only level, but even that can be largely mitigate with proper policies IMHO.

That said, an insider is an achilles heel for every security scheme out there (e.g. Snowden).

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