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Aug 31, 2017 · WikiLeaks has not responded to requests for comment, but the WikiLeaks Task Force, a semi-official account linked to the group, called this article “fake news”. BuzzFeed hacked by OurMine ...
- What Did Wikileaks Publish?
- What Do I Need to Know?
- How Did The Cia Respond?
- What Kind of Devices Can The Cia Hack?
- Can The Cia Really Read All of My Whatsapp (and Other App's) Private messages?
- But I Thought Whatsapp, Signal and Other Apps Encrypted My messages?
- How Did The Cia Hack These devices?
- Does This Mean Devices Like My Phone and Smart TV Aren't Secure?
- What Is Weeping Angel?
- Is The Cia Actually Spying on Us?
WikiLeaks, the organization notorious for leaking highly secure government data, published a cache of documentsthat reportedly exposes tactics the CIA uses to hack into our devices. WikiLeaks released more than 8,700 documents and files -- codenamed "Vault 7" -- on Tuesday, which it says are part of a CIA archive. We haven't yet independently verif...
Here's the TL;DR: If the info WikiLeaks exposed is accurate, the CIA may be equipped with a variety of tools that let it hack into your phone, smart TV (kind of, more on that later), computer and router. That's basically all the things you own that are connected to the internet. It turns out that the CIA's tools can be used to read encrypted messag...
The CIA wouldn't confirm or deny whether the Wikileaks documents are real, but suggested that even if they were, it's kind of, you know, the CIA's job to spy on people -- at least ones outside the United States. In the CIA's own words,via CBS News:
If the report is true, the CIA can hack devices such as: 1. Android phones 2. iPhones 3. Routers 4. Windows and Linux computers 5. Mac computers 6. Smart TVs (this one's iffy -- see "What is Weeping Angel?" for more)
WikiLeaks' data dump suggests that, yes, the CIA could read your private messages before they even got encrypted. But again, that's if the info is real. We don't know that yet.
Those apps do employ encryption, but that's useless if the CIA can hack your phone. If you crack the operating system, you don't need to crack the app. The OS shows what's on screen, listens to you typing or dictating words, and captures that unencrypted original data. If software -- like the alleged CIA hacking software -- can access the phone at ...
There isn't a single method the CIA uses to hack internet-connected devices. According to the report, the intelligence agency uses a combination of malware, viruses, trojans and zero-day exploits (security holes that a manufacturer isn't yet aware of, and so can't easily patch) to gain access to these devices.
We're still not sure. We're actively reaching out to companies mentioned in the WikiLeaks documents and will update this story as the news develops. So far, Apple, Google and Motorola have each declined to comment. The documents only represent three years of alleged data. We don't know how this program evolved or if it continued after the life of t...
Weeping Angel is how the CIA (and the UK's MI5) can allegedly hack into a Samsung Smart TV (just the 55" F8000 model). It sounds pretty creepy: Wikileaks documents suggest it could put your TV into a "Fake-Off" mode where the TV turns its screen off, even disables its LEDs, and yet keeps spying on you with its built-in microphones. But according to...
Unclear. Even assuming the documents are legit and the CIA has these tools, Wikileaks isn't accusing the government of using them for mass surveillance -- only of stockpiling vulnerabilities, and paying for vulnerabilities, that could let them theoretically spy on people. Assuming this program is real, we haven't yet seen evidence that the CIA is u...
Mar 9, 2017 · In most cases, this equates to a small glitch in one of the millions of lines of code housed in a handset. The glitch can be manipulated by hackers, however, including the CIA. Apple spoke up on ...
Mar 8, 2017 · WikiLeaks has published thousands of documents that the anti-secrecy organization said were classified files revealing scores of secrets about CIA hacking tools used to break into targeted ...
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- US Army Intelligence. Wikileaks has published hundreds of thousands of documents leaked by former US Army intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning. Documents relating to the war in Afghanistan revealed how the US military had killed hundreds of civilians in unreported incidents.
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- Democrat emails. Wikileaks published thousands of hacked emails from the account of Hillary Clinton's campaign boss John Podesta, in the run-up to the US presidential election in 2016.
May 7, 2017 · Wikileaks has published more than 8,000 documents as part of a new data dump focusing on the CIA and its abilities to hack products and services ... being able to leave Wi-Fi turned on while 'fake ...
Mar 13, 2017 · One of the claimed “zero-days” targeted Android 2.3.6, a version dating back to 2011! By dumping a massive amount of data at once, Wikileaks simply overwhelmed the press and ensured that reporters couldn’t process the data. Wikileaks created a race: everybody suddenly had a copy of the data and an immediate pressing urge to report something.
