WikiLeaks Publishes CIA Trove Alleging Wide Scale Hacking
March 7, 2017
/by Raphael Satter and Jack Gillum
WikiLeaks on Tuesday published thousands of documents purportedly taken from the Central Intelligence Agency’s Center for Cyber Intelligence, a dramatic release that appears to expose intimate details of America’s cyberespionage toolkit. It was not immediately clear how WikiLeaks obtained the information, which included more than 8,700 documents and files. The CIA tools, if authentic, could undermine the confidence that consumers have in the safety and security of their computers, mobile devices and even smart TVs. WikiLeaks said the material came from “an isolated, high-security network situated inside the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence in Langley, Virginia.” It didn’t say how the files were removed, such as possibly by a rogue employee, by hacking a federal contractor working for the CIA or breaking into a staging server where such hacking tools might be temporarily stored. (Read more from “WikiLeaks Publishes CIA Trove Alleging Wide Scale Hacking” HERE) http://joemiller.us/2017/03/wikileaks-publishes-cia-trove-alleging-wide-scale-hacking/
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