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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
National Security Agency surveillance
Map of global NSA data collection as of 2007[update], with countries subject to the most data collection shown in red
Programs
Pre-1978
ECHELON
MINARET
SHAMROCK
PROMIS
Since 1978
Upstream collection
BLARNEY
FAIRVIEW
Main Core
ThinThread
Genoa
Since 1990
RAMPART-A
Since 1998
Tailored Access Operations
Since 2001
OAKSTAR
STORMBREW
Trailblazer
Turbulence
Genoa II
Total Information Awareness
President's Surveillance Program
Terrorist Surveillance Program
Since 2007
PRISM
Dropmire
Stateroom
Bullrun
MYSTIC
Databases, tools etc.
PINWALE
MARINA
Main Core
MAINWAY
TRAFFICTHIEF
DISHFIRE
XKeyscore
ICREACH
BOUNDLESSINFORMANT
GCHQ collaboration
MUSCULAR
Tempora
Legislation
Safe Streets Act
Privacy Act of 1974
FISA
ECPA
Patriot Act
Homeland Security Act
Protect America Act of 2007
FISA Amendments Act of 2008
Institutions
FISC
Senate Intelligence Committee
National Security Council
Lawsuits
ACLU v. NSA
Hepting v. AT&T
Jewel v. NSA
Clapper v. Amnesty
Klayman v. Obama
ACLU v. Clapper
Wikimedia v. NSA
US v. Moalin
Whistleblowers
William Binney
Thomas Drake
Mark Klein
Thomas Tamm
Russ Tice
Edward Snowden
Publication
2005 warrantless surveillance scandal
Global surveillance disclosures (2013–present)
Related
Cablegate
Surveillance of reporters
Mail tracking
UN diplomatic spying
Insider Threat Program
Mass surveillance in the United States
Mass surveillance in the United Kingdom
Concepts
SIGINT
Metadata
Collaboration
United States
CSS
CYBERCOM
DOJ
FBI
CIA
DHS
IAO
Five Eyes
CSEC
GCHQ
ASD
GCSB
Other
DGSE
BND
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The ANT catalog[a] (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[b] 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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^Appelbaum, Jacob (2013-12-30). "Unit Offers Spy Gadgets for Every Need". Der Spiegel. ISSN 2195-1349. Archived from the original on 2022-04-11. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
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