▁citizens ▁and ▁EU ▁institutions . ▁The ▁information ▁der ives ▁from ▁secret ▁documents ▁obtained ▁by ▁former ▁NS A ▁worker ▁Edward ▁Snow den . ▁Both ▁Der ▁Sp iegel ▁and ▁The ▁Inter cept ▁quote ▁a ▁secret ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁NS A ▁document ▁stating ▁that ▁it ▁made ▁cy ber att acks ▁that ▁year , ▁without ▁specifying ▁the ▁mal ware ▁used , ▁against ▁the ▁EU ▁diplom atic ▁representations ▁in ▁Washington , ▁D . C . ▁and ▁its ▁representations ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁Nations . ▁Sign s ▁ident ifying ▁the ▁software ▁used ▁as ▁Regin ▁were ▁found ▁by ▁investig ators ▁on ▁inf ected ▁machines . ▁ ▁The ▁Inter cept ▁reported ▁that , ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁the ▁UK ' s ▁G CH Q ▁attacked ▁Bel ga com , ▁Belg ium ' s ▁largest ▁tele communic ations ▁company . ▁These ▁attacks ▁may ▁have ▁led ▁to ▁Regin ▁coming ▁to ▁the ▁attention ▁of ▁security ▁companies . ▁Based ▁on ▁analysis ▁done ▁by ▁IT ▁security ▁firm ▁Fox ▁IT , ▁Der ▁Sp iegel ▁reported ▁in ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁that ▁Regin ▁is ▁a ▁tool ▁of ▁the ▁UK ▁and ▁USA ▁intelligence ▁ag encies . ▁Fox ▁IT ▁found ▁Regin ▁on ▁the ▁computers ▁of ▁one ▁of ▁its ▁customers , ▁and ▁according ▁to ▁their ▁analysis ▁parts ▁of ▁Regin ▁are ▁mentioned ▁in ▁the ▁NS A ▁AN T ▁catalog ▁under ▁the ▁names ▁" St rait b izar re " ▁and ▁" Un ited ra ke ". ▁Fox ▁IT ▁did ▁not ▁name ▁the ▁customer , ▁but ▁Der ▁Sp iegel ▁mentioned ▁that ▁among ▁the ▁customers ▁of ▁Fox