On Wed, 15 Jan 2014, Anonymous Remailer (austria) wrote: > tracking down the bastards > > http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/15/us/nsa-effort-pries-open-computers-not-connected-to-internet.html?hp&_r=0 > > How it started...
<SNIP> > Sophisticated Virus, Parasite and Resource Management systems are to be > constructed to alter or report on the operation of a designated target. > Specific systems include the Tape Worm, a low profile smart Parasite > featuring comprehensive resource management operations, the Stealth > Striker, an ultra low profile targeting virus, the Transport, an ultra > low profile utility virus used to transport, load and excecute large > programs and various surveillance and maintenance systems. > Virus/Parasite objectives include securing a stable base, fixing, > relocating and reproducing in teh target system, the ability to find and > infect other systems, alter/record/monitor/recall computer operations, > and alter/record/monitor/recall data and output. The effort will also > produce a Code miniaturization strategy and apply the principals to the > EMC programs. compact Task Oriented Routines are designed to create code > to perform assigned tasks. > > another winner of the Phase 1 grant was > Sparta, Inc. > 23041 Avenida De La Carlota,, Suite 325 > Laguna Hills, CA 92653 > Principal Investigator > DOUG PRICE Afraid this was a late follow-on to the 1987 program out of Ft. Monmouth (via Battelle/DARPA at USAF request). The RFP outlined above is nearly a word for word copy of the one I saw in 1987 (right around the time of the Morris Worm). The company I worked for at the time actually bid on it (and lost, thank god!). //Alif -- Those who make peaceful change impossible, make violent revolution inevitable. An American Spring is coming: one way or another.
