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Echelon

Ô Developed by National Security Agency of USA.

Ô A secret project to spy on people by tracing their

messages.

Ô To find out the terrorist activities across the globe.

Ô The allies of USA in this project- UK, Australia, New Zealand

and Canada.

Ô Developed with the highest computing power connected

through the satellites all over the world.

Ô Sniffing of messages over a network or any transmission

media, even wireless.
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Ô Stands for ´Transient Electro-Magnetic Pulse Emanation

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Ô Main theory - Any electronic or electrical device

emits electromagnetic radiations of specific key
when it is operated.

Ô Intercept electromagnetic waves over the air.

Ô It even sniffs signals emanating from computer

screens(range of few Kilometers).

Ô Can detect keystrokes without network connection.

` 0efers to the study of compromising emanation.

` Compromising Emanations(CE) are defined as

unintentional intelligence-bearing signals.

` CE consist of electrical or acoustical energy

unintentionally emitted by a source

` THE energy may relate to the original message ,

which leads to the recovery of plain text.

` Can propagate through space and near by

conductors.
Sources of TEMPEST
Ô Functional Sources:

Ô Incidental Sources:.

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£ Electromagnetic 0adiation

£ Line Conduction

£ Fortuitous Conduction

£ Acoustics
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propagated from the electronic devices
intentionally or unintentionally.

£ It traces all electromagnetic radiation

from the victim·s monitor, keyboard, even
pc memory and hard disk, and then it
reproduces the signals.

£ Enablesthe intruder to hack without any

connection to the victim·s computer.
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under test (EUT).

` An EUT can be visualized as an input/output box

which receives an input signal and produces an
output signal. The figure below shows this.

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£ ]ecause of design weaknesses, some unintentional
signals may be generated in an EUT and emitted
through space.

£ Such unintentional signals are the object of

detection and measurement during TEMPEST tests.

£ Test types are of three, they are

1. Electric radiation test

2. Magnetic radiation test
3. Conduction test
£ TEMPEST fonts are used for protecting the
computers form the eavesdropper.

£ The software will filter that text and show

that font as the most convenient way

£ The filtered text looks rather blurred and

unpleasant in the magnified representation.

£ The loss in text quality is almost unnoticeable

for the user at the computer screen
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[Satellite photography

[Electromagnetic signals(SIGINT) of any

kind are intercepted and analysed

[0adar stations, may provide valuable

information about the organisation of
enemy air defences

[Monitoring other states, spy satellites is

also useful
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 planted microphones (bugs)

or laser equipment which picks up vibrations
in window panes.

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be intercepted if the eavesdropper taps into
a cable leaving the relevant building.

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 can be intercepted if the
interception station is situated in the same
radio cell.
£ AWACS aircraft are used for the purpose of
locating other aircraft over long distances.

£ The slow-flying EP-3 spy plane used by the US

Navy has the capability to intercept
microwave and short-wave transmissions.

£ Submarines are used to intercept military

radio transmissions.
Î The satellites move in a complex elliptical
orbit, to cover a larger area of the earth in
one day.

Î The signals received are transmitted to the

receiving station by means of a strongly-
focused, 24GHz downlink.
£ Use of Directories and Keywords.

£ Using the modern techniques for searching

by use of the sophisticated speech
recognition software and OC0 software.

£ An echelon system can intercept about

billions of messages every hour.
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£ The Echelon system will not provide any

privacy for our own people in home and
abroad.

£ Every military secret is public to NSA and it·s

allies, even though if we are hiding that from
their eyes.

£ We have to ensure that these systems are

protected from intrusion and if it occurs the
result will be hazardous.
£ Tempest is the technology for spying from electronic
equipments with out any physical contact.

£ Echelon is the vast network formed by NSA and its

allies all over the world to intercept the messages
sent through any transmission media.

£ Nothing can be hidden from the these systems.

£ Unfortunately our India does not have a Tempest

equipment developed and we are not a part of
Echelon network developed by NSA

£ We have to develop one such for empowering our

intelligence agencies and military agencies.
Thank you