!!! Overview
[{$pagename}] is a [SIGINT] program [Architecture] that capitalises on [vulnerabilities|Vulnerability] within [applications] and [networks] using a number of hacking techniques and was developed by [NSA] [Office of Tailored Access Operations]

[{$pagename}] relies on a compromised [router] that duplicates [internet] traffic, typically [HTTP] requests, so that they go both to the intended target and to an [NSA] site (indirectly). The [NSA] site runs [FOXACID] software which sends back exploits that load in the background in the target web [browser] before the intended destination has had a chance to respond (it's unclear if the compromised router facilitates this race on the return trip). 

Prior to the development of [{$pagename}] technology, [FOXACID] software made spear-[phishing] attacks the [NSA] referred to as [spam]. If the browser is exploitable, further permanent "implants" (rootkits etc.) are deployed in the target computer, e.g. [OLYMPUSFIRE] for [Microsoft Windows], which give complete remote access to the infected machine. This type of attack is part of the [Man-In-The-Middle] [attack] family, though more specifically it is called man-on-the-side attack. It is difficult to pull off without controlling some of the [Internet] backbone.The [NSA] creates "[fingerprints]" that detect [HTTP] requests from the Tor network to particular servers. These [fingerprints] are loaded into NSA [Government Data Store] systems like [XKEYSCORE], a bespoke collection and analysis tool that NSA boasts allows its analysts to see "almost everything" a target does on the Internet.

!! Components of [{$pagename}]
* [TURMOIL]
* [TURBINE]
* [ISLANDTRANSPORT]
* [SURPLUSHANGER]
* [STRAITBIZARRE] or [DAREDEVIL]
* [QUANTUMINSERT]
* [QUANTUMSKY]
* [QUANTUMBOT]!! Category
%%category [Government Surveillance]%%

!! More Information
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* [#1] - [QUANTUM THEORY|http://www.dcssproject.net/quantum-theory/|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2018-10-03- 
* [#2] - [Tailored_Access_Operations|Wikipedia:Tailored_Access_Operations|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2018-10-03- 
* [#3] - [How the NSA Attacks Tor/Firefox Users With QUANTUM and FOXACID|https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/10/how_the_nsa_att.html|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2018-10-03- 
* [#2] - [EFF|https://www.eff.org/document/20150117-spiegel-quantumtheory-man-side-interference-attacks-tcp-ip-straightbizarre-and-0|target='_blank'] - based on information obtained 2018-10-08-