They blew up a Soviet pipeline by leaking bad pipeline turbine designs via the Line X program. Nothing to do with the NSA hacking supply chains and more due to double agents leaking deliberately bad designs, and the Soviets failing to stress test them.
The NSA was created in the 50s and was around at this point; this was the CIAs show.
This predates the NSA, but they blew up a Russian pipeline with modified software.
They blew up a Soviet pipeline by leaking bad pipeline turbine designs via the Line X program. Nothing to do with the NSA hacking supply chains and more due to double agents leaking deliberately bad designs, and the Soviets failing to stress test them.
The NSA was created in the 50s and was around at this point; this was the CIAs show.
See also: the Farewell Dossier
It doesn’t predate the nsa, but the Cia contracted out the work through a Canadian firm iirc.
The nsa doesn’t have the mandate for clandestine activities, only reconnaissance.