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Wikileaks Releases Code That Could Unmask CIA Hacking Operations

posted by on Tuesday April 04 2017, @04:53PM   Printer-friendly
from the always-on-our-side dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for TheMightyBuzzard. Twice.

Now, according to BBC, Wikileaks has released another incredible piece of [the CIA] arsenal. Wikileaks reportedly released the code that the CIA uses to disguise the origins of a computer virus as a part of Vault 7.

These hacking tools reportedly include decoy languages like Russian to disguise the national origins of the cyber attack or malware. The release may disrupt the CIA's current operations and reveal previous cyber operations.

Source: https://milo.yiannopoulos.net/2017/04/wikileaks-disrupt-cia/

Also at Ars Technica

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  • (Score: 1, Flamebait) by NotSanguine on Tuesday April 04 2017, @10:39PM (3 children)

    by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Tuesday April 04 2017, @10:39PM (#488872) Homepage Journal

    What is the point of your anecdote?
    You told the kid that you weren't going to give him money because working for change is pointless?
    Just how do you think societal change happens? Its precisely because of people like him pushing with everything they have against the massive inertia of society that makes change happen. Without hundreds of thousands each doing their part to move society a fraction of a millimeter social progress would remain at a stand still. Every one of those people making their infinitesimal contribution adds up.
    No wonder he got pissed at you.

    My point (since you seem to have problems with reading comprehension) was that "culture changes slowly."

    Do you disagree with that assessment, or are you just trying to pick a fight?

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    No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 04 2017, @10:44PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 04 2017, @10:44PM (#488877)

    That's not a point.
    That's an observation.
    What was your reason for saying that to the kid?
    Why say that rather than a comment on the weather?

    • (Score: 0, Flamebait) by NotSanguine on Tuesday April 04 2017, @10:52PM (1 child)

      by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Tuesday April 04 2017, @10:52PM (#488882) Homepage Journal

      Mostly just to piss you off.

      Now piss off, pissant.

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      No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical. --Niels Bohr

      • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 04 2017, @10:58PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 04 2017, @10:58PM (#488884)

        Translation: You are right, I am a bellend and fuck you very much for scratching my thin skin by pointing that out.