The US National Security Agency, NSA, never fail to impress. After the leaks about PRISM provided by Edward Snowden, among which was the creation of Stuxnet appears that the case never close completely, because according to reports from Reuters, the security company Russian Kaspersky found that hard drives brands like Western Digital, Seagate and Toshiba have within spyware inserted by the Equation group whose modus operandi is to relate, for similarities with Stuxnet own NSA. Although they have not given names of countries, Stuxnet is one of the tools associated with the NSA, so all bulbs are now on security agency.
According to Kaspersky, no “infected” in more than 30 countries , mainly emphasizing Iran, followed by other countries such as Pakistan, Russia (where it meets the Snowden himself), China, Afghanistan, Mali, Syria, Algeria and Yemen, computers all countries political and economic directly or indirectly with the government of the United States conflicts, so everything tends to fit, from the point of view that includes computers from government administrations, military institutions, telecommunications and energy, banks, nuclear research organizations and Islamic activity (yidadismo) . This series of examples always seem the result of a conspiracy, but a former NSA employee with whom he contacted Reuters said Kaspersky analysis is correct, which also confirmed another former member of US intelligence.
The report Kaspersky help organizations find spyware. If they do and confirms the authorship of the NSA in the case, US relations with Russia or China could be at serious risk, and it must be said that not cross its best. Obviously, not just talking about political relations, but also trade, as manufacturers of hard drives, are mostly or Americans or allies like Japan and South Korea countries. The big question is how has introduced the “virus” hard drives, requiring knowledge and tools available to very few. In fact, this type of software is undetectable and survives formatting.
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