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WikiLeaks Says It Has Obtained Trove of CIA Hacking Tools

posted by takyon on Tuesday March 07 2017, @11:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the year-zero dept.

DeathMonkey submitted about a CIA software trove obtained by WikiLeaks:

The anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks said Tuesday that it has obtained a vast portion of the CIA's computer hacking arsenal, and began posting the files online in a breach that may expose some of the U.S. intelligence community's most closely guarded cyber weapons.

A statement from WikiLeaks indicated that it planned to post nearly 9,000 files describing code developed in secret by the CIA to steal data from targets overseas and turn ordinary devices including cellphones, computers and even television sets into surveillance tools.

DBCubix added coverage from The Daily Mirror:

The hacking organisation made the statement as it announced a huge release of confidential documents from the CIA as part of its mysterious Year Zero series, founder Julian Assange claimed. The group said that from October 2014 the CIA was "looking at infecting the vehicle control systems used by modern cars and trucks" to enable them to "engage in nearly undetectable assassinations."

takyon: WikiLeaks: Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed and (selected document) Weeping Angel (Extending) Engineering Notes. Also at NYT, USA Today, BBC, and Reuters. The Hill reports that Democratic Congressman Ted Lieu has called for an investigation... into the leak of the documents and tools.

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday March 08 2017, @02:14AM (4 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 08 2017, @02:14AM (#476272) Journal

    Ow, wow!! (speechless)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 08 2017, @02:46AM (3 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 08 2017, @02:46AM (#476280)

    Saying you are speechless is literally the opposite of being speechless.

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 08 2017, @02:54AM (2 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 08 2017, @02:54AM (#476286)

      What about typing "speechless"?
      Did you hear me uttering anything?

      • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 08 2017, @05:44AM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 08 2017, @05:44AM (#476347)

        RTFA, we hear you typing.

        • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday March 08 2017, @06:27AM

          by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday March 08 2017, @06:27AM (#476358) Journal

          RTFA, we hear you typing.

          But not uttering anything, right?

          Please do tell me, otherwise I'd start to doubt the voices I keep hearing are not mine.

          (grin)

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