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Qtx · 30-09-2016, 12:55

They are all names the NSA gave to their exploits. ExtraBacon was the NSA codename for their Cisco exploit. Egregious Blunder for Fortigate firewalls, Bananaglee for Jupiter Netscreen etc.

They named the implants/backdoors in a similar fashion.

How can you not like the codename EpicBanana?

30-09-2016, 12:55	#8
Qtx Inactive Join Date: May 2012 Location: Probably outside the M25 Services: Sky Fibre Unlimited 40/10 Posts: 3,473	Re: Regin - malware (probably) by GCHQ, maybe in co-operation with the NSA They are all names the NSA gave to their exploits. ExtraBacon was the NSA codename for their Cisco exploit. Egregious Blunder for Fortigate firewalls, Bananaglee for Jupiter Netscreen etc. They named the implants/backdoors in a similar fashion. How can you not like the codename EpicBanana?