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CIA can and does hack almost EVERY device: Giant WikiLeak of agency’s secrets reveals it infiltrates iPhones, smart TVs and Whatsapp and can even take over self-driving cars which could be programmed to kill
CIA can and does hack almost EVERY device: Giant WikiLeak of agency’s secrets reveals it infiltrates iPhones, smart TVs and Whatsapp and can even take over self-driving cars which could be programmed to kill
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- WikiLeaks published 8,761 documents and files claiming to be from the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence on Tuesday
- Leak details information on how CIA-developed malware can target iPhones, Android phones and smart TVs
- WikiLeaks alleges some remote hacking programs can turn electronic devices into recording and transmitting stations to spy on targets
- Documents also claims the CIA can bypass encryption of Whatsapp, Signal, Telegram, Wiebo, Confide and Cloakman by hacking smartphones
- CIA investigated hacking control systems in cars and trucks, which would allow agency to engage in nearly undetectable assassinations
WikiLeaks has published thousands of documents claiming to reveal top CIA hacking secrets, including the agency’s ability to infiltrate encrypted apps like Whatsapp, break into smart TVs and phones and program self-driving cars.
WikiLeaks said the files released on Tuesday – mysteriously dubbed ‘ Vault 7’ – are the most comprehensive release of U.S. spying files ever made public.
The leak purportedly includes 8,761 documents and files from an isolated, high-security network situated inside the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence in Langley, Virgina.
It details intelligence information on CIA-developed software intended to hack iPhones, Android phones, smart TVs and Microsoft, Mac and Linux operating systems.
WikiLeaks alleges that some of the remote hacking programs can turn these electronic devices into recording and transmitting stations to spy on their targets.
It also claims the CIA can bypass the encryption of Whatsapp, Signal, Telegram, Wiebo, Confide and Cloakman by hacking the smart phones the applications run on.
The CIA was also looking at hacking the vehicle control systems used in modern cars and trucks, WikiLeaks claims.
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WikiLeaks, founded by Julian Assange, has published thousands of documents that it says come from the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence
According to a document in 2014, CIA’s Embedded Devices Branch met to discuss malware that could infect vehicle systems.
‘The purpose of such control is not specified, but it would permit the CIA to engage in nearly undetectable assassinations,’ WikiLeaks said.
The documents could not immediately be authenticated, but WikiLeaks has a long track record of releasing top secret government documents. A spokesman for the CIA would not comment.
WikiLeaks, which had been dropping cryptic hints about the release for a month, said in a lengthy statement that the CIA had ‘recently’ lost control of a massive arsenal of CIA hacking tools as well as associated documentation.
The organization said that ‘the archive appears to have been circulated among former U.S. government hackers and contractors in an unauthorized manner’ and that one of them ‘provided WikiLeaks with portions of the archive.’
They said the archive of files – referred to as Year Zero – introduces the scope of the CIA’s global covert hacking program and includes software that could allow people to take control of consumer electronic products.
The documents cover a range of topics, including what appeared to be a discussion about how to compromise smart televisions and turn them into improvised surveillance devices.
The alleged program called ‘Weeping Angel’ is said to have been developed in conjunction with the British spy agency MI5 and allows them to hack a Samsung smart TV when it is seemingly switched off.
‘After infestation, Weeping Angel places the target TV in a ‘Fake-Off’ mode, so that the owner falsely believes the TV is off when it is on,’ the files say, according to WikiLeaks.
‘In ‘Fake-Off’ mode the TV operates as a bug, recording conversations in the room and sending them over the Internet to a covert CIA server.’
The files detail intelligence information on CIA-developed software intended to hack iPhones, Android phones, smart TVs and Microsoft, Mac and Linux operating systems
WikiLeaks said the leaked data also included details on the agency’s efforts to subvert American software products and smartphones, including Apple’s iPhone, Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows.
The files claim the CIA had developed numerous attacks to remotely hack and control popular smart phones.
‘Infected phones can be instructed to send the CIA the user’s geolocation, audio and text communications as well as covertly activate the phone’s camera and microphone,’ the files state.
‘A similar unit targets Google’s Android which is used to run the majority of the world’s smart phones including Samsung, HTC and Sony.’
According to WikiLeaks, the CIA knew about several flaws in software made by Apple, Google, Samsung and others but didn’t tell the companies about them.
Disclosing such vulnerabilities is supposed to be common practice so companies could fix them before hackers use them. But WikiLeaks says the CIA kept knowledge of the vulnerabilities to itself for use in bypassing the encryption on apps such as WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram and Confide.
WikiLeaks says the CIA had two dozen such undisclosed vulnerabilities for Android gadgets alone. …..more here
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