

Several programs intercept communications at the “endpoints”-that is, inside the cellphone or the computer, before the voice or data are encrypted. The stolen data includes names, birthdays, addresses, driver license numbers. This means over 40 of the entire population of the United States had their personal information stolen. The reference to Windows 7 comes early in that timespan.) Other programs let hackers log keystrokes, steal passwords, collect files, and elude antivirus programs. In July 2017, the consumer credit reporting agency Equifax suffered a massive data breach in which personal data of 143 million Americans were stolen. (These documents are dated from 2013 to 2016. Another program lets agents who hack into Windows 7 software assume the privileges of a systems administrator, letting them roam through the entire network to which a computer is connected.

A technique called Process Hollowing removes a “benign process,” such as Internet Explorer, and injects malware in its place.
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If it is, he should update the set’s firmware over the Internet, and the implant will be deactivated.Īnother program, called Maddening Whispers, is a set of software components-again, planted into a specific computer-that allow an intelligence agency to track all communications on certain specified devices. So if a bad guy thinks he might be a target of CIA surveillance, he now knows that he should turn off his Samsung TV and see if the blue LED on the back is still on.
