Irritant Horn was a surveillance operation plan with the goal of compromising smartphones through usage of Google and Samsung application stores. The operation was developed by the US National Security Agency in alliance with agencies from Britain, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The operation was based on Edward Snowden leaked documents.[1][2][3]

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  1. ^ "IRRITANT HORN – NSA plan to Hijack Google Play Store to serve spyware". Security Affairs. 2015-05-21. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  2. ^ Gallagher, Ryan (2015-05-21). "NSA Planned to Hijack Google App Store to Hack Smartphones". The Intercept. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  3. ^ PTI (22 May 2015). "NSA planned hack of Google app store: Report". The Hindu BLoC. Retrieved 2020-10-07.