surveillance NSA wants to Exploit Internet of Things and Biomedical Devices

[vissha]

NSA wants to Exploit Internet of Things and Biomedical Devices

 

 

The cyber attack vectors available to hackers will continue to grow as the Internet of Things (IoTs) become more commonplace, making valuable data accessible through an ever-widening selection of entry points.

Although it's not the hackers alone, the NSA is also behind the Internet of Things.

We already know the United States National Security Agency's (NSA) power to spy on American as well as foreign people – thanks to the revelations made by whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013.

But, now the agency is looking for new ways to collect even more data on foreign intelligence, and for this, the NSA is researching the possibilities of exploiting internet-connected biomedical devices ranging from thermostats to pacemakers.

During a military technology conference in Washington D.C. on Friday, NSA deputy director Richard Ledgett said his agency officials are "looking at it sort of theoretically from a research point of view right now."

Ledgett totally agreed on the fact that there are easier ways to track terrorists and foreign intelligence spies than to hack any biomedical devices they might have, but believed that these devices could be a source of information for the agency, reports the Intercept.

When the deputy director was asked whether the entire scope of the IoTs, i.e. Billions of interconnected devices from toy's Wi-Fi to medical devices, would be a bonanza for the agency or just a security nightmare, Ledgett replied, "Both."

 

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"As my job is to penetrate other people’s networks, complexity is my friend," Ledgett said. "The first time you update the software, you introduce vulnerabilities, or variables rather. It's a good place to be in a penetration point of view."

 

Ledgett also explained that why the NSA was not able to help the FBI hack into iPhone belonged to the San Bernardino shooter, which was accessed by the FBI after buying an exploit from a group of hackers for a large sum of cash.

It's because the agency had not exploited that particular model of iPhone, as the NSA has to prioritize its resources, which are not focussed on popular gadgets, rather on the bad guys' technology of choice.

 

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"We do not do every phone, every variation of the phone," Ledgett said. "If we don't have a bad guy who's using it, we don't do that."

 

Ledgett is not the only intelligence official who sees the growing IoT devices as a possible way for global spying.

During a Senate hearing in February, the Director of National Intelligence James Clapper also said that internet-connected devices could be useful "identification, surveillance, monitoring, location tracking, and targeting for recruitment, or to gain access to networks or user credentials."

 

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[mona]

Not a good news ...   

[OrbingStorm]

Why need a President when the NSA is clearly in control these days.

[steven36]

53 minutes ago, OrbingStorm said:

Why need a President when the NSA is clearly in control these days.

 

NSA   works for the President  it was officially formed as the NSA by President  Harry S. Truman in 1952 , It had many names before this  though . it has existed under some name since World War 1 . Even if they made like they got rid of it , it would still be there under a different name

 

Why hook stuff up to the internet that never needed it before  ?  This a good way to kill IOT technology and don't care I wish IOT would die anyways.. what country is going to buy stuff from somewhere they know the planted  backdoors into it for them to spy on them. There all  beginning to move away from the hypocrites of corporate America products and going to make there own   .  .

 

Even Russia is working on making its own smartphones now .  

http://androidspin.com/2016/06/10/russia-making-mobile-operating-system/

 

All the NSA is going to do is cause people to lose what little jobs is left in the USA and cripple the economy,  no ones going buy shit from the USA no more.  the way there headed.

[pc71520]

NSA loves the Internet...

[Pequi]

5 hours ago, steven36 said:

All the NSA is going to do is cause people to lose what little jobs is left in the USA and cripple the economy,  no ones going buy shit from the USA no more.  the way there headed.

I'd think "thrice" before buying a heart pacemaker that could have a literal "Kill Switch" backdoored in.

:(

[steven36]

1 hour ago, Pequi said:

I'd think "thrice" before buying a heart pacemaker that could have a literal "Kill Switch" backdoored in.

:(

When you look at the article  this story is written on it says Unofficial Sources there is no link  at the intercept  that  proves the NSA said any of this .. This is too far out  there  they are  going too spy on people trough a refrigerator, a washing machine, or a child’s toy.  The story starts out like this but is mostly about why the NSA would not help the FBI in the apple case  . Blah  its like 2 or 3 stories in one.  Lol one there reporters got busted posting fake news back in Feb 

 

Here is what the Washington Times wrote about it  so seems at lest part of it is true

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/jun/10/nsa-lacked-ability-hack-san-bernardino-iphone-offi/

 

 

[humble3d]

Are all the "Big Dogs" bad ??

 

Most likely... 

[Dce3480]

HACK_-_ THE NSA JUST don't hack 'nsane' the user  

'TIA'