War on Terror[edit]

The SCS was heavily involved in eavesdropping to advance the Global War on Terrorism, setting up
eavesdropping posts around Middle Eastern capitals and figures close to Osama bin Laden's
terrorism network.[6][25]

When the United States zeroed in on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, SCS
operatives established a base in an apartment that the CIA had rented a mile away from the
compound. They focused lasers on the compound windows and, by analyzing the vibrations, were
able to count the number of people inside and outside, and also ascertained that there was one
person who never ventured outside the compound. Bin Laden was killed inside the compound
during a raid by U.S. special operations forces on May 2, 2011.

The FBI intends to deploy Magic Lantern in the form of an e-mail attachment. When the
attachment is opened, it installs a trojan horse on the suspect's computer. The trojan horse is
activated when the suspect uses PGP encryption, often used to increase the security of sent e-
mail messages. When activated, the trojan horse will log the PGP password, which allows the
FBI to decrypt user communications.[5]
Spokesmen for the FBI soon confirmed the existence of a program called Magic Lantern. They
denied that it had been deployed, and they declined to comment further.[

Bluesnarfing is the unauthorized access of information from a wireless device through

a Bluetooth connection, often between phones, desktops, laptops, and PDAs (personal digital
assistant). This allows access to calendars, contact lists, emails and text messages, and on
some phones, users can copy pictures and private videos. Both Bluesnarfing
and Bluejacking exploit others' Bluetooth connections without their knowledge. While Bluejacking
is essentially harmless as it only transmits data to the target device, Bluesnarfing is the theft of
information from the target device.