A unit called Tailored Access Operations combines spying and hacking to identify its targets . Techniques include installing cameras , setting up fake websites to gather intelligence . According to the documents posted online by Der Spiegel , TAO programmers develop spyware to infiltrate everything from smartphones and computers to routers , servers , hard drives and firewalls to access global communications traffic . TAO works ` ` in support of foreign intelligence collection , '' an agency spokeswoman said . German magazine reported on the group based on internal agency documents .
A unit called Tailored Access Operations combines spying and hacking to identify its targets . Techniques include installing cameras , setting up fake websites to gather intelligence . TAO works ` ` in support of foreign intelligence collection , '' an agency spokeswoman said . German magazine reported on the group based on internal agency documents .