• Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    I suspect that’s not far off from what Israel did, from my understanding they modified a device’s at a production level, it sounds like they essentially redesigned the pager.

    It will be interesting to see how they did it with the radios.

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      2 months ago

      I feel like a broken record reminding people that the TAO (Tailored Access Operations, now Computer Network Operations), part of the NSA, has been doing this for 20 years. Except they implant spyware instead of explosives. Probably.

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          2 months ago

          They blew up a Soviet pipeline by leaking bad pipeline turbine designs via the Line X program. Nothing to do with the NSA hacking supply chains and more due to double agents leaking deliberately bad designs, and the Soviets failing to stress test them.

          The NSA was created in the 50s and was around at this point; this was the CIAs show.

          See also: the Farewell Dossier

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          2 months ago

          It doesn’t predate the nsa, but the Cia contracted out the work through a Canadian firm iirc.

          The nsa doesn’t have the mandate for clandestine activities, only reconnaissance.