ANT catalog
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The ANT catalog[lower-alpha 1] (or TAO catalog) is a classified product catalog by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) of which the version written in 2008–2009 was published by German news magazine Der Spiegel in December 2013. Forty-nine catalog pages[lower-alpha 2] with pictures, diagrams and descriptions of espionage devices and spying software were published. The items are available to the Tailored Access Operations unit and are mostly targeted at products from US companies such as Apple, Cisco and Dell. The source is believed to be someone different than Edward Snowden, who is largely responsible for the global surveillance disclosures since 2013. Companies whose products could be compromised have denied any collaboration with the NSA in developing these capabilities. In 2014, a project was started to implement the capabilities from the ANT catalog as open-source hardware and software.
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Description | classified ANT product catalog for the Tailored Access Operations unit |
Original author | National Security Agency |
Number of pages | 49 |
Date of catalog sheets | 2008–2009 |
Publisher | Der Spiegel |
Authors of publication | Jacob Appelbaum, Christian Stöcker [de] and Judith Horchert |
Date of publication | 30 December 2013 |
Year of intended declassification | 2032 |