Read the article, sounds BS;
In order to test the capabilities of the malware the computer scientist used NetWire’s Builder Tool on a test computer to construct “a customized instance of the NetWire RAT,” which was installed on a Windows virtual machine controlled by the agent. During this process, the NetWire website “never required the FBI to confirm that it owned, operated, or had any property right to the test victim machine that the FBI attacked during its testing (as would be appropriate if the attacks were for a legitimate or authorized purpose).” “The FBI-LA [computer scientist] emphasized that in all the features tested above, the infected computer never displayed a notice or alert that these actions were taking place. This is contrary to legitimate remote access tools where consent from the user is typically required to perform specific action on the user’s behalf,” the Task Force officer wrote in the affidavit.
Remote access never warns the remotely accessed computer what's happening. This seems like it's just a "LOOK THE FBI IS DOING GOOD!" false psyop.
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