Malware masterplan: NSA targeted Google & Samsung app stores to harvest data
RT.com
May 21, 2015
The NSA and its spying partners wanted to hack into smartphones via Google and Samsung App stores and infect them with spyware. The revelations came from a top secret document released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The surveillance project wanted to implement a spying system called XKEYSCORE, which would be able to identify smartphone traffic flowing across internet cables and then track down smartphone connections to the app servers, which were operated by Google and Samsung. The information was released Wednesday to CBC News in Canada and the Intercept.
The aim was then to infect every app listed in the store with malware, in a project codenamed IRRITANT HORN. Users of the Google Play Store and Samsung App Store would then download the infected apps, thus making it easier for the NSA and its partners to spy smartphone users around the globe.
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