[Trisquel-users] Spying software hidden deep within hard drives made by Western Digital, Seagate, Toshiba and other top manufacturers

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(Reuters) - The U.S. National Security Agency has figured out how to hide  
spying software deep within hard drives made by Western Digital, Seagate,  
Toshiba and other top manufacturers, giving the agency the means to eavesdrop  
on the majority of the world's computers, according to cyber researchers and  
former operatives.

That long-sought and closely guarded ability was part of a cluster of spying  
programs discovered by Kaspersky Lab, the Moscow-based security software  
maker that has exposed a series of Western cyberespionage operations.

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http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/02/16/us-usa-cyberspying-idUSKBN0LK1QV20150216