Tailored Access Operations PART_OF NSA
TAO is described as a unit within the NSA.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 53 Details
“TAO stands for Tailored Access Operations, TAO. It’s a unit within NSA”
Organisation
organisation:tailored_access_operations
Also: TAO
NSA unit described as responsible for gathering intelligence on computer systems and developing sophisticated hacking tools.
NSA unit described as responsible for gathering intelligence on computer systems and developing sophisticated hacking tools.
“TAO stands for Tailored Access Operations, TAO. It’s a unit within NSA”
NSA hacking unit whose highly skilled personnel were discussed as later forming an external exploit-development company.
“among the top hackers within Tailored Access Operations, the NSA’s hacking unit”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | PART_OF | NSA | Explicit | 53 |
| outgoing | PART_OF | National Security Agency | Explicit | 98 |
| incoming | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Equation Group | Uncertain | 53 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | Jake Williams | Explicit | 53 |
Tailored Access Operations PART_OF NSA
TAO is described as a unit within the NSA.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 53 Details
“TAO stands for Tailored Access Operations, TAO. It’s a unit within NSA”
Equation Group ASSOCIATED_WITH Tailored Access Operations
Jack says it is believed that the people doing work for the Equation Group are specifically TAO within the NSA.
Uncertain Confidence 95% · Jack Rhysider EP 53 Details
“it’s believed that whoever is doing work for the Equation Group is specifically TAO within the NSA”
Jake Williams MEMBER_OF Tailored Access Operations
Jack states that Jake had spent about five years in TAO and was a former member.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 53 Details
“Jake had spent almost two decades working in the information community for the government and about five years in TAO”
Tailored Access Operations PART_OF National Security Agency
Tailored Access Operations is described as the NSA's hacking unit.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Nicole Perlroth EP 98 Details
“the top hackers within Tailored Access Operations, the NSA’s hacking unit”