Satu stesen kerja menanggung
komputer Agensi Keselamatan Negara (NSA) logo di dalam Pusat Operasi Ancaman di
dalam pinggir bandar Washington daripada Fort Meade, Maryland (A computer workstation bears the National
Security Agency (NSA) logo inside the Threat Operations Center inside the Washington
suburb of Fort Meade, Maryland (AFP Photo – think IN pictures @1WORLDCommunity)
SitiWanMahani - Agensi
Keselamatan Negara Amerika Syarikat menggodam lebih 50,000 rangkaian komputer
di seluruh DUNIA memasang malware ditetapkan untuk operasi pengawasan, laporan akhbar
Belanda NRC memetik dokumen dibocorkan oleh Edward Snowden.
Pusingan
terbaru yang diturunkan datang dari datang dokumen dari 2012 yang menun-jukkan
sejauh mana rangkaian pengawasan di seluruh DUNIA NSA itu.
Diterbitkan
oleh akhbar Belanda NRC Handelsblad, ia menunjukkan lebih daripada 50,000
lokasi di mana NSA menggunakan '’Rangkaian Komputer Eksploitasi’ (CNE) dan
diimplan perisian yang berniat jahat ke dalam rangkaian.
Menurut
laman web NSA yang CNE “termasuklah membolehkan tindakan dan koleksi kepintaran
melalui rangkaian komputer yang mengeksploitasi data yang dikumpul dari sasaran
atau sistem maklumat musuh atau rangkaian.”
Setelah
komputer yang telah dijangkiti, perbuatan itu ‘implan’ sebagai digital ‘sel-sel
tidur’ yang jauh boleh dihidupkan atau dimatikan dengan menekan satu butang
yang, ‘Dutch paper’ melaporkan. Malware boleh kekal aktif selama bertahun-tahun
tanpa dikesan, tambah akhbar itu. Operasi berniat jahat dilaporkan telah
dijalankan di banyak negara termasuk China, Rusia, Venezuela dan Brazil.
Hacking
ini dijalankan oleh akses Operasi Disesuaikan (TAO), satu unit khas dalam NSA
ditugaskan untuk mendapatkan akses kepada sistem komputer asing.
Menurut
media Belanda, salah satu contoh operasi CNE adalah serangan yang dilaporkan
terhadap syarikat telekom Belgium (Belgian telecom company) Belgacom yang ditemui pada
September 2013. Serangan itu telah dilaporkan sebelum ini telah dijalankan oleh
British agensi perisikan GCHQ yang bekerja dalam kerjasama dengan rakan
sejawatannya dari Amerika.
GCHQ
disuntik malware dalam rangkaian Belgacom untuk memanfaatkan telefon dan data
trafik pelanggan mereka. Agensi itu dilaksanakan teknik yang dikenali sebagai
Quantum Sisipan, meletakkan pelayan Belgacom di tempat strategik di mana mereka
boleh memin-tas dan mengarahkan trafik sasaran ke laman web LinkedIn rangkaian
profesional palsu sosial ini .
Sumber
awam menunjukkan bahawa TAO mempunyai lebih daripada seribu penggodam. Pasukan
petugas telah aktif sejak sekurang-kurangnya 1998, menurut Washington Post.
Dokumen
yang diperolehi oleh akhbar NRC juga mendedahkan bahawa NSA intipan Dutch
1946-1968 . Walau bagaimanapun laporan itu tidak menunjukkan niat tertentu.
Menteri
hal ehwal dalaman Dutch Ronald Plasterk baru-baru ini telah mengesahkan baha-wa
NSA memantau mel dan telefon trafik di Dutch dan pertukaran data dengan
organisasi keselamatan Dutch AIVD.
NSA
hacked Over 50,000 Computer Networks
WORLDWide - report
The
US National Security Agency hacked more than 50,000 computer networks worldwide
installing malware designated for surveillance operations, Dutch newspaper NRC
reports citing documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
The
latest round of revelations comes from a document dating from 2012 that shows
the extent of the NSA’s worldwide surveillance network.
Published
by Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad, it points out more than 50,000 locations,
where the NSA used ‘Computer Network Exploitation’ (CNE) and implanted
malicious software into the networks.
According
to the NSA website CNE “includes enabling actions and intelligence collection
via computer networks that exploit data gathered from target or enemy
information systems or networks.”
Once
the computer has been infected, the ‘implants’ act as digital 'sleeper cells'
that can be remotely turned on or off with a single push of a button, the Dutch
paper reported. The malware can remain active for years without being detected,
the newspaper added. The malicious operations reportedly were carried out in
many countries including China, Russia, Venezuela and Brazil.
The
hacking is conducted by the Tailored Access Operations (TAO), a special unit
within the NSA tasked with gaining access to foreign computer systems.
According
to the Dutch media, one of the examples of the CNE operation is the reported
attack against Belgian telecom company Belgacom that was discovered in
September 2013. The attack was previously reported to have been carried out by
British intelligence agency GCHQ that worked in cooperation with its American
counterpart.
GCHQ
injected malware in the Belgacom network to tap their customers’ telephone and
data traffic. The agency implemented a technique known as Quantum Insert,
placing Belgacom’s servers in strategic spots where they could intercept and
redirect target traffic to a fake LinkedIn professional social network's
website.
Public
sources show that TAO employs more than a thousand hackers. The task force has
been active since at least 1998, according to Washington Post.
Documents
acquired by the NRC newspaper also reveal that NSA spied on the Netherlands
from 1946 to 1968. However the report does not indicate the specific
intentions.
Dutch
interior affairs minister Ronald Plasterk has recently confirmed that the NSA
monitors mail and phone traffic in the Netherlands and exchanges data with
Dutch security organization AIVD.
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