Comment by tivert 10 months ago
> I think it's far more likely that Mossad has infiltrated whatever foreign (non-Israeli) supply chain they were using.
Yeah. Wasn't there something in the Snowden leaks about the CIA intercepting servers in-transit to install implants on them? I'm sure Israel is doing something similar.
During the cold war, Russia intercepted typewriters and teleprinters going to the US and other embassies and inserted implants in them. https://www.cryptomuseum.com/covert/bugs/selectric/
And the US CIA ran the "Swiss" firm Crypto AG, which sold cable-encryption (as in telegraphic / telex coms) equipment with pre-installed back-doors:
<https://www.npr.org/2020/03/05/812499752/uncovering-the-cias...>
It was Cisco routers that made the headlines. Not sure of other gear: https://www.engadget.com/2014-05-16-nsa-bugged-cisco-routers...
Yes there was. @48:48 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NFrjHmI35w&t=48m48s
Photos of an NSA “upgrade” factory show Cisco router getting implant https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/05/photos-of-an-nsa...