The NSA Can Get You Offline, Too -- With Radio Waves

Sara Morrison | Nextgov | January 15, 2014

Remember how we thought/hoped that keeping our computer offline would protect us from NSA snooping? Well, it won't! According to the New York Times' latest report from the Snowden files, the NSA has developed technology (under the Quantum code name, also used for those malware attacks) that can access computers through radio waves.

The device, called Cottonmouth I, was part of the 50-page catalog of fun spy devicesDer Spiegel wrote about last month:

Computer bugging devices disguised as normal USB plugs, capable of sending and receiving data via radio undetected, are available in packs of 50 for over $1 million.