NSA injected spyware into your hard drive

Now that's very nasty considering that it's practically impossible for a layman to build their own NSA free hard drive.
 
Hang on, maybe I didn't fully comprehend what the article says BUT could I be wrong to say that it says that the NSA put a gun against Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba,and forced them to write this malware unto the hard drives?
 
Hmmmmm, can this spyware compromise a hard drives integrity, thus shortening its expected lifespan?
 
siraman said:
Hang on, maybe I didn't fully comprehend what the article says BUT could I be wrong to say that it says that the NSA put a gun against Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba,and forced them to write this malware unto the hard drives?
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More like they offered the companies some contracts/cash. Or just simply paid their programmers on the side to install the software.
 
zippy said:
More like they offered the companies some contracts/cash. Or just simply paid their programmers on the side to install the software.
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Seriously? I suspect some legal implications if the manufacturers didn't agree.
 
zippy said:
More like they offered the companies some contracts/cash. Or just simply paid their programmers on the side to install the software.
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That would be a massive breach of contract and would implicate a whole chain. The NSA negotiated with the firms and possible local governance in where the firms are situated, it is the only possible way.
 
Fulcrum29 said:
That would be a massive breach of contract and would implicate a whole chain. The NSA negotiated with the firms and possible local governance in where the firms are situated, it is the only possible way.
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You think that would deter the NSA ? :)
 
aspersky researchers have documented 500 infections by Equation Group in at least 42 countries, with Iran, Russia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Syria, and Mali topping the list. Because of a self-destruct mechanism built into the malware, the researchers suspect that this is just a tiny percentage of the total; the actual number of victims likely reaches into the tens of thousands.
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Looks like a very selective and thus very reasonable virus to me, so no sweat if it does a good deed!
 
Are this ALL harddrives or was this a selected operation... MyBB Article little bit of a clickbait effect here.
 
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So clickbait it is
 
I am not a fan of this BS just in case someone wondered
 
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