Until now, it was known that NSA use interception of communications and network packets through Cisco routers, for example, but this new discovery means that the user is spied even when not connected to the Internet. Hard drives come with spyware from factory, but they need a special virus to activate it and use it to read data or what the user do on the internet.
The virus can be activated via USB stick or CD / DVD and then it begins to transmit data. Interesting fact is that it doesn't copy on the hard drive and can transmitte only when the USB device is turned on, so the user can never find it on its hard drive. The code of the virus makes access to networks and data that would otherwise be inaccessible to normal intruder. According to the famous maker of antivirus, there are two known viruses Fanny and Stuxnet, which were used for spying on Iran and their production of depleted uranium, and it was developed in cooperation between the US and Israel.
Kaspersky points directly to the American government, especially as the infection often appeared in computers in China, Russia, Iran and Pakistan, or countries that are often the target of spying by the US. In translation, for us, as private users, there's nothing to worry, although it is not nice knowing that someone can easily access all our files.
According to Kaspersky Labs, hard drives come with malware in the production of Western Digital, Seagate and Toshiba, although it is possible to be and more. Many of these drives are built in different servers around the world, further put weight on it.
According to the analysis, these findings only further shake confidence in the US by the Allies, but tapping into many statesmen.