Latest Snowden Leaks Show GCHQ Gleefully Hacking Belgian Telco(techdirt.com)

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Latest Snowden Leaks Show GCHQ Gleefully Hacking Belgian Telco

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130920/16112724595/latest-snowden-leaks-show-gchq-gleefully-hacking-belgian-telco.shtml

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SingleFounderCo13 yıl önce

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 / technology / "project" (i.e. 'Quantum Insert') which I hadn't seen before in previous releases.

"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 "Quantum Insert" ("QI"). 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."

Here's the link to the related story in case you missed it: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/british-spy-agenc...

And here are the slides: http://www.spiegel.de/fotostrecke/photo-gallery-operation-so...