WikiLeaks has published thousands of documents claiming to reveal top CIA hacking secrets, including the ability to infiltrate encrypted apps like Whatsapp and break into smart TVs and phones.
Giant WikiLeak of agency's secrets reveals it infiltrates iPhones, smart TVs and Whatsapp
My understanding was that with the new whisper encryption of whatsapp you can't access stuff without the security code changing, and it notifying you (provided you have it turned on). Tell you that either the phone has changed, or someone is snooping. The guys behind Signal put it together, and the consensus is it hasn't been broken yet. Unless they attack the phone itself, but that's not compromising the encryption of those apps. That's compromising the phone and that's a whole other ballgame.
WikiLeaks Exposes Purported CIA Cyberhacking Tools
WASHINGTON�WikiLeaks released thousands of documents and files Tuesday that it said exposed tools the Central Intelligence Agency uses to hack smartphones, computer operating systems, messenger applications and internet-connected televisions.
The unauthorized disclosure�the first part of which WikiLeaks said consisted of 8,761 documents and files from the CIA�s Center for Cyber Intelligence�confronts President Donald Trump with a threat from the very organization that leaked documents on his opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, during the 2016 presidential campaign
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Wikileaks Unveils 'Vault 7': "The Largest Ever Publication Of Confidential CIA Documents"; Another Snowden Emerges
WikiLeaks has published what it claims is the largest ever release of confidential documents on the CIA. It includes more than 8,000 documents as part of �Vault 7�, a series of leaks on the agency, which have allegedly emerged from the CIA's Center For Cyber Intelligence in Langley, and which can be seen on the org chart below, which Wikileaks also released:
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Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed
Today, Tuesday 7 March 2017, WikiLeaks begins its new series of leaks on the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Code-named "Vault 7" by WikiLeaks, it is the largest ever publication of confidential documents on the agency.
The first full part of the series, "Year Zero", comprises 8,761 documents and files from an isolated, high-security network situated inside the CIA's Center for Cyber Intelligence in Langley, Virgina. It follows an introductory disclosure last month of CIA targeting French political parties and candidates in the lead up to the 2012 presidential election.
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BREAKING: CIA turns Smart TVs, iPhones, gaming consoles and many other consumer gadgets into open microphones. #Vault7
CIA uses techniques to make cyber attacks look like they originated from enemy state. It turns DNC/Russia hack allegation by CIA into a JOKE
Obama accused Russia of cyberattacks while his CIA turned all internet enabled consumer electronics in Russia into listening devices. Wow!
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@TheOliverStone Many people in US, unlike in Europe, still don�t understand the significance of @Snowden revelations
#Vault7: Secret CIA table reveals Google Android & Chrome vulnerabilities/zero days
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In 2014, the government sought to create the world's most dangerous key, claiming it would never be leaked.
Compromise needed on smartphone encryption
LAW ENFORCEMENT officials deserve to be heard in their recent warnings about the impact of next-generation encryption technology on smartphones, such as Apple�s new iPhone. This is an important moment in which technology, privacy and the rule of law are colliding.
Concerning the article though, the Mail seems a bit dubious about whether Wikileaks claims are true, but if they are this is kind of scary.
My understanding was that with the new whisper encryption of whatsapp you can't access stuff without the security code changing, and it notifying you (provided you have it turned on). Tell you that either the phone has changed, or someone is snooping. The guys behind Signal put it together, and the consensus is it hasn't been broken yet. Unless they attack the phone itself, but that's not compromising the encryption of those apps. That's compromising the phone and that's a whole other ballgame.
So we don't know if they are.
The unauthorized disclosure�the first part of which WikiLeaks said consisted of 8,761 documents and files from the CIA�s Center for Cyber Intelligence�confronts President Donald Trump with a threat from the very organization that leaked documents on his opponent, Democrat Hillary Clinton, during the 2016 presidential campaign
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Wikileaks Unveils 'Vault 7': "The Largest Ever Publication Of Confidential CIA Documents"; Another Snowden Emerges
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Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed
The first full part of the series, "Year Zero", comprises 8,761 documents and files from an isolated, high-security network situated inside the CIA's Center for Cyber Intelligence in Langley, Virgina. It follows an introductory disclosure last month of CIA targeting French political parties and candidates in the lead up to the 2012 presidential election.
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BREAKING: CIA turns Smart TVs, iPhones, gaming consoles and many other consumer gadgets into open microphones. #Vault7
CIA uses techniques to make cyber attacks look like they originated from enemy state. It turns DNC/Russia hack allegation by CIA into a JOKE
Obama accused Russia of cyberattacks while his CIA turned all internet enabled consumer electronics in Russia into listening devices. Wow!
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@TheOliverStone
Many people in US, unlike in Europe, still don�t understand the significance of @Snowden revelations
#Vault7: Secret CIA table reveals Google Android & Chrome vulnerabilities/zero days
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In 2014, the government sought to create the world's most dangerous key, claiming it would never be leaked.
Compromise needed on smartphone encryption
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...of what it says are CIA documents.
So we don't know if they are.
Snowden is going through it and saying it looks legit.
https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/839159736977227777
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F*****g Microsoft!
You genuinely have no idea what you're reading do you?