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Near "Omnipotent" NSA hackers exposed after 14 years

February 17, 2015 by Paul Spoerry 3 Comments



How “omnipotent” hackers tied to NSA hid for 14 years—and were found at last
“Equation Group” ran the most advanced hacking operation ever uncovered.

Kaspersky Lab has named them the Equation Group. They've been using spyware and malware to infect computers of governments, telecoms, military, nuclear research, energy and other companies in more than 30 countries for around 14 years. Two of the most sophisticated computer attack tools, Stuxnet and Flame, contained hand-me-downs from Equation Group.

"It seems to me Equation Group are the ones with the coolest toys," Costin Raiu, director of Kaspersky Lab's global research and analysis team, told Ars. "Every now and then they share them with the Stuxnet group and the Flame group, but they are originally available only to the Equation Group people. Equation Group are definitely the masters, and they are giving the others, maybe, bread crumbs. From time to time they are giving them some goodies to integrate into Stuxnet and Flame."

One of their malware packages had the ability to infect a hard drive's firmware and could survive military-grade disk wiping and reformatting. So the target could format and reinstall all they wanted, once a hard drive was compromised, the infection was impossible to detect or remove.

If you're at all curious about military grade hacking… read this article. It's fascinating and slightly scary. Welcome to World War III…. "Shall we play a game?"

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About Paul Spoerry

I’m a groovy cat who’s into technology, Eastern Thought, and house music. I’m a proud and dedicated father to the coolest little guy on the planet (seriously, I'm NOT biased). I’m fascinated by ninjas, the Internet, and anybody who can balance objects on their nose for long periods of time.

I have a utility belt full of programming languages and a database of all my knowledge on databases... I practice code fu. Oh, I've also done actual Kung Fu, and have a black belt in Tae Kwon Do.

I run. I meditate. I dance. I blog at PaulSpoerry.com, tweet @PaulSpoerry, and I'm here on Google+.

I'm currently work for IBM developing web enabled insurance applications for IBM and support and develop a non-profit called The LittleBigFund.

Comments

  1. hensley shuler says

    February 17, 2015 at 11:40 am

    Hi

  2. West Kagle says

    February 18, 2015 at 1:42 am

    Were they just exposed, or were they caught? And do they have some kind of judicial immunity? I would hope not. They should be thrown under the most notorious prison in Turkey. Hackers are the sheep seaman swilling scum of the earth.

  3. Paul Spoerry says

    February 18, 2015 at 8:07 am

    +West Kagle Only exposed.

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