NSA infects computers before they reach to buyers

Massive amount of surveillance conducted by the National Security Agency , all in the name of combating terrorism , continues to be revealed layer by layer . In recent weeks , there have been reports that the NSA has attempted to penetrate the online gaming networks .

Today , a new report from the German website Der Spiegel claims that the NSA stops deliveries midway computers to install the software and hardware spies . The report, which is based on review of internal documents of NSA , shows activities of Tailored Access Operations Office , or TAO .

According to the report , hackers TAO is the unit of the agency and is responsible for all sorts of activities , from entering the Windows -based computer to the internet tapping into lines which are located under the ocean from Europe to North Africa .

One part of the report claims that the NSA has targeted an individual or group , and when the target after a new computer orders , shipments can be caught by TAO and managed in their laboratory .

The report states :

" These so-called " loading stations , " agents carefully open package in order to install spyware , or even components that can provide a back door for the intelligence agencies . "