like linkedin or facebook. it looks like a real page but is a fake one controlled by the nsa. this is a dummy facebook page. when you go there, what does the nsa want to find out? one would be to simply intercept and sniff your traffic. for example, i would be logging into this page and they would be able to see now they have my user name and password. but in this particular scenario, what they really want to do is infect my machine. reporter: the unit doesn t do just remote hacking. according to the magazine, tao operatives physically intercept some computers being delivered to plant spyware and plant their own monitor cables and usb plugs into targeted computers to collect data. an nsa official told 60 minutes the agency was concerned enough about the connecting cables on edward snowden s computers that it removed those cables after he leaked nsa documents. according to the german magazine, this nsa hacking unit targets potential terrorists,