"The National Security Agency has planted spy software and hardware into 100,000 computers worldwide, not 50,000 as previously reported. These bugs allow the agency to conduct surveillance even on computers that are offline — or air-gapped, as they are referred to in spy lingo, per documents leaked by Edward Snowden. The implants are tiny radio transceivers that must be surreptitiously planted inside a computer, either before being shipped to manufacturers or afterward by an agent with access to the computer as part of a so-called "black bag job." The transceivers, which can look like normal USB plugs, then "infiltrate" and "exfiltrate" data from the hacked computers to an NSA relay station the size of a large suitcase, up to eight miles away."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. *Read more here from Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Mashable: http://on.mash.to/KHBpfz Download audio and video of the full two hour show on-demand + the members-only post game show by becoming a member at http://bit.ly/1f739pB. Your membership supports the day to day operations and is vital for our continued success and growth. Join The Young Turks Network mailing list http://bit.ly/KHBpvO or Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://bit.ly/1f736Kz Like Us on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1f739FW Follow Us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1f739FX Support TYT for FREE by doing your Amazon shopping through this link (bookmark it!) http://amzn.to/1f739pE Buy TYT Merch: http://bit.ly/KHBpvS
Here's A Snowden Leak We Shouldn't Know About
"The National Security Agency has planted spy software and hardware into 100,000 computers worldwide, not 50,000 as previously reported. These bugs allow the agency to conduct surveillance even on computers that are offline — or air-gapped, as they are referred to in spy lingo, per documents leaked by Edward Snowden. The implants are tiny radio transceivers that must be surreptitiously planted inside a computer, either before being shipped to manufacturers or afterward by an agent with access to the computer as part of a so-called "black bag job." The transceivers, which can look like normal USB plugs, then "infiltrate" and "exfiltrate" data from the hacked computers to an NSA relay station the size of a large suitcase, up to eight miles away."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down. *Read more here from Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / Mashable: http://on.mash.to/KHBpfz Download audio and video of the full two hour show on-demand + the members-only post game show by becoming a member at http://bit.ly/1f739pB. Your membership supports the day to day operations and is vital for our continued success and growth. Join The Young Turks Network mailing list http://bit.ly/KHBpvO or Support The Young Turks by Subscribing http://bit.ly/1f736Kz Like Us on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1f739FW Follow Us on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1f739FX Support TYT for FREE by doing your Amazon shopping through this link (bookmark it!) http://amzn.to/1f739pE Buy TYT Merch: http://bit.ly/KHBpvS
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