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A top secret description of the capabilities of RAGEMASTER was released on December 30, 2013, by the German news magazine Der Spiegel

RAGEMASTER refers to a hardware implant that functions as a "continuous wave generator" to enable the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) to watch what is being displayed on a monitor via the VGA connector.

Disclosure

The original documents are dated 2008-07-24, and state that RAGEMASTER devices are already operational and available to USA nationals and members of the Five Eyes alliance.

The capabilities of RAGEMASTER were detailed in a set of documents published by the German news magazine Der Spiegel on 2013-12-30, concurrent with Jacob Appelbaum's talk at the 30th Chaos Communications Conference.

Operational details

The device functions as a "continuous wave generator" that enables the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) to watch what is being displayed on a monitor via the VGA connector. It is compatible with most of the NSA's monitoring laptops.

See also

References

  1. ^ Philip Elmer-DeWitt. "Apple, Jacob Appelbaum and the National Security Agency". Fortune (magazine). Retrieved 1 January 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Iain Thomson (31 December 2013). "How the NSA hacks PCs, phones, routers, hard disks 'at speed of light': Spy tech catalog leaks". The Register. Retrieved 1 January 2014. . A VGA monitor cable called RAGEMASTER intercepts video signals and beams them to a nearby government snoop using a radar-based technique. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ "De l'interception de colis à l'espionnage de l'écran, inventaire des outils de la NSA". Le Monde. 2013-12-30. Retrieved 1 January 2014. Rage master, de son côté, capte et transmet les informations transmises à l'écran de l'ordinateur grâce au câble VGA {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |newspaper= (help)
  4. RAPHAEL SATTER. "Privacy Advocate Exposes NSA Spy Gear at Gathering". ABC News. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  5. Jason Mick. "Tax and Spy: How the NSA Can Hack Any American, Stores Data 15 Years". DailyTech. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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