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wildbilln864

(13,382 posts) Wed Feb 18, 2015, 12:03 PM Feb 2015

Cyber-Security Firm: NSA-Linked Spyware Found in Hard Drives Worldwide

A top technology security firm announced on Monday that they have uncovered evidence that sophisticated spying software, likely linked to the National Security Agency, was implanted in the hard drives of personal computers across the globe.

Researchers with the Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab introduced their findings while presenting at the Kaspersky Security Analyst Summit in Cancun, Mexico, and also published an initial paper (pdf) Monday on what they consider "the most advanced threat actor" they’ve seen to date.

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2015/02/16/cyber-security-firm-nsa-linked-spyware-found-hard-drives-worldwide