Tailored Access Operations (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Tailored Access Operations" in English language version.

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26web.archive.org

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aclu.org (Global: 5,482^nd place; English: 3,140^th place)

"FOIA #70809 (released 2014-09-19)" (PDF).

archive.today (Global: 14^th place; English: 14^th place)

Gellman, Barton; Nakashima, Ellen (August 30, 2013). "U.S. spy agencies mounted 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011, documents show". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 24 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2013. Much more often, an implant is coded entirely in software by an NSA group called, Tailored Access Operations (TAO). As its name suggests, TAO builds attack tools that are custom-fitted to their targets. The NSA unit's software engineers would rather tap into networks than individual computers because there are usually many devices on each network. Tailored Access Operations has software templates to break into common brands and models of "routers, switches, and firewalls from multiple product vendor lines," according to one document describing its work.

arstechnica.com (Global: 388^th place; English: 265^th place)

Gallagher, Sean (August 1, 2013). "NSA's Internet taps can find systems to hack, track VPNs and Word docs". Archived from the original on August 4, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
Gallagher, Sean (2013-11-12). "Quantum of pwnness: How NSA and GCHQ hacked OPEC and others". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

atlanticcouncil.org (Global: 5,865^th place; English: 4,309^th place)

"Inside the NSA's Ultra-Secret Hacking Group". Atlantic Council. 2013-06-11. Archived from the original on 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2023-07-27.

bloomberg.com (Global: 99^th place; English: 77^th place)

"China Accuses US of Repeated Hacks on Polytechnic University". Bloomberg. September 5, 2022 – via www.bloomberg.com.
Riley, Michael (2013-06-14). "U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Hayden, Michael V. (23 February 2016). Playing to the Edge: American Intelligence in the Age of Terror. Penguin Press. ISBN 978-1594206566. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
Aid, Matthew M. (8 June 2010). The Secret Sentry: The Untold History of the National Security Agency. Bloomsbury USA. p. 311. ISBN 978-1-60819-096-6. Retrieved 22 May 2013.

businessweek.com (Global: 712^th place; English: 526^th place)

Riley, Michael (May 23, 2013). "How the U.S. Government Hacks the World". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on May 25, 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.

cnet.com (Global: 272^nd place; English: 225^th place)

news.cnet.com

Farber, Dan (2013-12-29). "NSA reportedly planted spyware on electronics equipment | Security & Privacy". CNET News. Archived from the original on 2014-01-25. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

computerworld.com (Global: 2,429^th place; English: 1,561^st place)

blogs.computerworld.com

"Secret NSA hackers from TAO Office have been pwning China for nearly 15 years". Computerworld. 2013-06-11. Archived from the original on 2014-01-25. Retrieved 2014-01-27.

dailytech.com (Global: low place; English: 8,724^th place)

Mick, Jason (2013-12-31). "Tax and Spy: How the NSA Can Hack Any American, Stores Data 15 Years". DailyTech. Archived from the original on 2014-08-24. Retrieved 2014-08-15.

documentcloud.org (Global: 4,633^rd place; English: 2,753^rd place)

s3.documentcloud.org

"What You Wanted to Know" (PDF). documentcloud.org. Retrieved 2015-10-03.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

dx.doi.org

Loleski, Steven (2018-10-18). "From cold to cyber warriors: the origins and expansion of NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) to Shadow Brokers". Intelligence and National Security. 34 (1): 112–128. doi:10.1080/02684527.2018.1532627. ISSN 0268-4527. S2CID 158068358.

doi.org

Loleski, Steven (2018-10-18). "From cold to cyber warriors: the origins and expansion of NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) to Shadow Brokers". Intelligence and National Security. 34 (1): 112–128. doi:10.1080/02684527.2018.1532627. ISSN 0268-4527. S2CID 158068358.

eff.org (Global: 3,285^th place; English: 2,156^th place)

https://www.eff.org/files/2014/04/09/20140312-intercept-the_nsa_and_gchqs_quantumtheory_hacking_tactics.pdf (slide 8)

firstlook.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"The NSA and GCHQ's QUANTUMTHEORY Hacking Tactics". firstlook.org. 2014-07-16. Archived from the original on 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2014-07-16.

foreignpolicy.com (Global: 1,116^th place; English: 790^th place)

Aid, Matthew M. (10 June 2013). "Inside the NSA's Ultra-Secret China Hacking Group". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
Rothkopf, David. "Inside the NSA's Ultra-Secret China Hacking Group". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
Aid, Matthew M. (2013-10-15). "The NSA's New Code Breakers". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2023-07-27.

networkworld.com (Global: 4,121^st place; English: 2,662^nd place)

"British spies reportedly spoofed LinkedIn, Slashdot to target network engineers". Network World. 2013-11-11. Archived from the original on 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Landler, Mark (April 10, 2018). "Thomas Bossert, Trump's Chief Adviser on Homeland Security, Is Forced Out". New York Times. Archived from the original on April 11, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2022.

schneier.com (Global: 8,888^th place; English: 6,276^th place)

Schneier, Bruce (2013-10-07). "How the NSA Attacks Tor/Firefox Users With QUANTUM and FOXACID". Schneier.com. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

semanticscholar.org (Global: 11^th place; English: 8^th place)

api.semanticscholar.org

Loleski, Steven (2018-10-18). "From cold to cyber warriors: the origins and expansion of NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) to Shadow Brokers". Intelligence and National Security. 34 (1): 112–128. doi:10.1080/02684527.2018.1532627. ISSN 0268-4527. S2CID 158068358.

spiegel.de (Global: 66^th place; English: 350^th place)

"Quantumtheory: Wie die NSA weltweit Rechner hackt". Der Spiegel. 2013-12-30. Archived from the original on 2014-03-23. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
"NSA-Dokumente: So knackt der Geheimdienst Internetkonten". Der Spiegel. 2013-12-30. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
"Inside TAO: Targeting Mexico". Der Spiegel. 2013-12-29. Archived from the original on 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
Fotostrecke (2013-12-30). "QFIRE - die "Vorwärtsverteidigng" der NSA". Der Spiegel. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
"QFIRE - die "Vorwärtsverteidigng" der NSA". Der Spiegel. 2013-12-30. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
"Inside TAO: The NSA's Shadow Network". Der Spiegel. 2013-12-29. Archived from the original on 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2014-01-27.

svt.se (Global: 863^rd place; English: 1,545^th place)

"Läs dokumenten om Sverige från Edward Snowden - Uppdrag Granskning". SVT.se. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

tagesanzeiger.ch (Global: 2,194^th place; English: 5,555^th place)

"Hintergrund: Die Speerspitze des amerikanischen Hackings - News Ausland: Amerika". Tages-Anzeiger. tagesanzeiger.ch. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2014-01-27.

theatlantic.com (Global: 228^th place; English: 158^th place)

Schneier, Bruce (2013-10-04). "How the NSA Thinks About Secrecy and Risk". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

theregister.co.uk (Global: 1,216^th place; English: 797^th place)

Thomson, Iain (2013-12-31). "How the NSA hacks PCs, phones, routers, hard disks 'at speed of light': Spy tech catalog leaks". The Register. London. Retrieved 2014-08-15.

theregister.com (Global: 3,700^th place; English: 2,360^th place)

Thomson, Iain (January 28, 2016). "NSA's top hacking boss explains how to protect your network from his attack squads". The Register. Archived from the original on July 27, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.

usnews.com (Global: 634^th place; English: 432^nd place)

Kingsbury, Alex (June 19, 2009). "The Secret History of the National Security Agency". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
Kingsbury, Alex; Mulrine, Anna (November 18, 2009). "U.S. is Striking Back in the Global Cyberwar". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2013.

washingtonpost.com (Global: 34^th place; English: 27^th place)

Nakashima, Ellen (1 December 2017). "NSA employee who worked on hacking tools at home pleads guilty to spy charge". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
Paterson, Andrea (30 August 2013). "The NSA has its own team of elite hackers". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on Oct 19, 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
Gellman, Barton; Nakashima, Ellen (August 30, 2013). "U.S. spy agencies mounted 231 offensive cyber-operations in 2011, documents show". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 24 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2013. Much more often, an implant is coded entirely in software by an NSA group called, Tailored Access Operations (TAO). As its name suggests, TAO builds attack tools that are custom-fitted to their targets. The NSA unit's software engineers would rather tap into networks than individual computers because there are usually many devices on each network. Tailored Access Operations has software templates to break into common brands and models of "routers, switches, and firewalls from multiple product vendor lines," according to one document describing its work.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Nakashima, Ellen (1 December 2017). "NSA employee who worked on hacking tools at home pleads guilty to spy charge". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
Aid, Matthew M. (10 June 2013). "Inside the NSA's Ultra-Secret China Hacking Group". Foreign Policy. Archived from the original on 12 February 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
Paterson, Andrea (30 August 2013). "The NSA has its own team of elite hackers". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on Oct 19, 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
Kingsbury, Alex (June 19, 2009). "The Secret History of the National Security Agency". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
Kingsbury, Alex; Mulrine, Anna (November 18, 2009). "U.S. is Striking Back in the Global Cyberwar". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2013.
Riley, Michael (May 23, 2013). "How the U.S. Government Hacks the World". Bloomberg Businessweek. Archived from the original on May 25, 2013. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
"Secret NSA hackers from TAO Office have been pwning China for nearly 15 years". Computerworld. 2013-06-11. Archived from the original on 2014-01-25. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
"Hintergrund: Die Speerspitze des amerikanischen Hackings - News Ausland: Amerika". Tages-Anzeiger. tagesanzeiger.ch. Archived from the original on 2013-06-21. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
"Inside the NSA's Ultra-Secret Hacking Group". Atlantic Council. 2013-06-11. Archived from the original on 2020-10-21. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
noahmax (2005-02-21). "Jimmy Carter: Super Spy?". Defense Tech. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
"The NSA and GCHQ's QUANTUMTHEORY Hacking Tactics". firstlook.org. 2014-07-16. Archived from the original on 2015-07-20. Retrieved 2014-07-16.
Landler, Mark (April 10, 2018). "Thomas Bossert, Trump's Chief Adviser on Homeland Security, Is Forced Out". New York Times. Archived from the original on April 11, 2018. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
Thomson, Iain (January 28, 2016). "NSA's top hacking boss explains how to protect your network from his attack squads". The Register. Archived from the original on July 27, 2023. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
"Quantumtheory: Wie die NSA weltweit Rechner hackt". Der Spiegel. 2013-12-30. Archived from the original on 2014-03-23. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
"NSA-Dokumente: So knackt der Geheimdienst Internetkonten". Der Spiegel. 2013-12-30. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
Gallagher, Sean (August 1, 2013). "NSA's Internet taps can find systems to hack, track VPNs and Word docs". Archived from the original on August 4, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
"Inside TAO: Targeting Mexico". Der Spiegel. 2013-12-29. Archived from the original on 2014-01-17. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
"QFIRE - die "Vorwärtsverteidigng" der NSA". Der Spiegel. 2013-12-30. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
""Chaos Computer Club CCC Presentation" at 28:34". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2014-09-09.
Mick, Jason (2013-12-31). "Tax and Spy: How the NSA Can Hack Any American, Stores Data 15 Years". DailyTech. Archived from the original on 2014-08-24. Retrieved 2014-08-15.
"Läs dokumenten om Sverige från Edward Snowden - Uppdrag Granskning". SVT.se. Archived from the original on 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
"British spies reportedly spoofed LinkedIn, Slashdot to target network engineers". Network World. 2013-11-11. Archived from the original on 2014-01-15. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
"Inside TAO: The NSA's Shadow Network". Der Spiegel. 2013-12-29. Archived from the original on 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2014-01-27.
Farber, Dan (2013-12-29). "NSA reportedly planted spyware on electronics equipment | Security & Privacy". CNET News. Archived from the original on 2014-01-25. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
Schneier, Bruce (2013-10-04). "How the NSA Thinks About Secrecy and Risk". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 2014-01-10. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
Riley, Michael (2013-06-14). "U.S. Agencies Said to Swap Data With Thousands of Firms". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2015-01-12. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

wired.com (Global: 193^rd place; English: 152^nd place)

Weaver, Nicholas (2013-03-28). "Our Government Has Weaponized the Internet. Here's How They Did It". Wired. Retrieved 2014-01-18.

worldcat.org (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

search.worldcat.org

Loleski, Steven (2018-10-18). "From cold to cyber warriors: the origins and expansion of NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) to Shadow Brokers". Intelligence and National Security. 34 (1): 112–128. doi:10.1080/02684527.2018.1532627. ISSN 0268-4527. S2CID 158068358.

youtube.com (Global: 9^th place; English: 13^th place)

""Chaos Computer Club CCC Presentation" at 28:34". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2014-09-09. Retrieved 2014-09-09.

Tailored Access Operations (English Wikipedia)

aclu.org (Global: 5,482nd place; English: 3,140th place)

archive.today (Global: 14th place; English: 14th place)

arstechnica.com (Global: 388th place; English: 265th place)

atlanticcouncil.org (Global: 5,865th place; English: 4,309th place)

bloomberg.com (Global: 99th place; English: 77th place)

books.google.com (Global: 3rd place; English: 3rd place)

businessweek.com (Global: 712th place; English: 526th place)

cnet.com (Global: 272nd place; English: 225th place)

news.cnet.com

computerworld.com (Global: 2,429th place; English: 1,561st place)

blogs.computerworld.com

dailytech.com (Global: low place; English: 8,724th place)

documentcloud.org (Global: 4,633rd place; English: 2,753rd place)

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doi.org (Global: 2nd place; English: 2nd place)

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doi.org

eff.org (Global: 3,285th place; English: 2,156th place)

firstlook.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

foreignpolicy.com (Global: 1,116th place; English: 790th place)

networkworld.com (Global: 4,121st place; English: 2,662nd place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7th place; English: 7th place)

schneier.com (Global: 8,888th place; English: 6,276th place)

semanticscholar.org (Global: 11th place; English: 8th place)