Tailored Access Operations

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Targets and collaborations

Northwestern Polytechnical University OPEC Mexico's Secretariat of Public Security SEA-ME-WE 4 Submarine communications cable

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NSA ANT catalog

Classified Five Eyes Der Spiegel Jacob Appelbaum Chaos Communications Congress

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Organization

Fort Meade, Maryland NSA Hawaii Wahiawa NSA Georgia Fort Gordon

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Overview

Cyberwarfare National Security Agency Michael Hayden Zero-day attacks Stuxnet

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Headquarters: Fort Meade
Abbreviation: TAO
Formation: c. 1997–2001
Official language: English
Parent organization: S3 Data Acquisition
Purpose: Cyberespionage · Cyberwarfare

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related to Targets and collaborations · 28

Tailored Access Operations → Additionally, Algeria, Bangladesh, China, Egypt, FRA, France, Försvarets, India, Italy, Malaysia, Mexico's Secretariat, Northwestern Polytechnical University, OPEC, Pakistan, Public Security, QUANTUM, Saudi Arabia, SEA-ME-WE, Singapore

related to External links · 22

Tailored Access Operations → An Interview, Answers, ComputersGetting, Devises Radio Pathway Into, Documents Reveal Top NSA, Fanny Equation, February, GitHub, Hacking UnitNSA, Inside TAO, Kaspersky Lab, November, PCs, Prefers Hacking Routers, Questions, Stuxnet, SwitchesN, Tailored Access OperationsNSA Laughs, TAO's Teresa SheaEquation Group, Ungettable' Intelligence

related to 2022 alleged Northwestern Polytechnical University hack · 20

Tailored Access Operations → China, China's Northwestern Polytechnical University, Chinese National Computer Virus, CVERC, Emergency Response Center, FOXACID, In, Jackson Smith Consultants, Mueller Diversified Systems, Northwestern, NPU, NSA, NSA's Office, Qihoo, SunOS, TAO, The, The CVERC, Those, US-based IP

related to NSA ANT catalog · 20

Tailored Access Operations → According, Advanced Network Technology, Agency, ANT, Chaos Communications Congress, December, Der Spiegel, Division, Five Eyes, Germany, Hamburg, Jacob Appelbaum, Most, NSA, Security, TAO, The, The NSA ANT, United States National Security, US

Purpose · 2

Tailored Access Operations → Cyberespionage, Cyberwarfare

Abbreviation · 1

Tailored Access Operations → TAO

Formation · 1

Tailored Access Operations → c. 1997–2001

Headquarters · 1

Tailored Access Operations → Fort Meade

Official language · 1

Tailored Access Operations → English

Parent organization · 1

Tailored Access Operations → S3 Data Acquisition

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tao nsa used group access operations computer software equation malware attack attacks also network security tailored united stuxnet states foxacid

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
Tailored Access Operations	Abbreviation	TAO	1.00	infobox
Tailored Access Operations	Formation	c. 1997–2001	1.00	infobox
Tailored Access Operations	Headquarters	Fort Meade	1.00	infobox
Tailored Access Operations	Official language	English	1.00	infobox
Tailored Access Operations	Parent organization	S3 Data Acquisition	1.00	infobox
Tailored Access Operations	Purpose	Cyberespionage	1.00	infobox
Tailored Access Operations	Purpose	Cyberwarfare	1.00	infobox
Tailored Access Operations	Region served	United States	1.00	infobox
XKeyscore	instance of	including Gmail.Finding machines that are exploitable and worth attacking is done using analytic databases	0.80	text
Memorial Day	instance of	with no cyber-attacks being logged during weekends or during American holidays	0.80	text
Independence Day	instance of	with no cyber-attacks being logged during weekends or during American holidays	0.80	text
Tailored Access Operations	related to 2022 alleged Northwestern Polytechnical University hack	In	0.60	section

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