INTERDICTION

If a target person, agency or company orders a new computer or related accessories, for example, TAO can divert the shipping delivery to its own secret workshops. The NSA calls this method INTERDICTION. At these so-called "load stations," agents carefully open the package in order to load malware onto the electronics, or even install hardware components that can provide backdoor access for the intelligence agencies. All subsequent steps can then be conducted from the comfort of a remote computer.

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Date	Source	TItle	Tags
20131229	spiegel.de	Inside TAO: Documents Reveal Top NSA Hacking Unit	NSA / TAO / MX / INTERDICTION