Wikileaks publishes large trove of undiscovered CIA hacking tools
Spies said to have exploits for iPhones, Android and smart TVs. Julian Assange's WikiLeaks claims it has obtained a top-secret trove of hacking tools used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to break into phones, communication apps and other electronic devices, and released documents related to those programs.
If verified, the information would amount to yet another stunning breach of classified material stolen in recent years from Uniited States intelligence agencies.
Wikileaks published 8761 documents and files, which it said was from an “isoloated, high-security network situated inside the CIA’s Centre for Cyber Intelligence in Langley, Virginia” as the first part of a “Year Zero” series of leaks.
The anti-secrecy organisation said its publication of the documents pertaining to the hacking was the first in a series of releases drawing from a dataset that includes several hundred million lines of code and includes the CIA’s “entire hacking capacity.” Among the explosive claims made in the documents are that the CIA, in partnership with other US and foreign intelligence agencies, has been able to break the encryption on popular messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal.
If verified, the information would amount to yet another stunning breach of classified material stolen in recent years from Uniited States intelligence agencies.
Wikileaks published 8761 documents and files, which it said was from an “isoloated, high-security network situated inside the CIA’s Centre for Cyber Intelligence in Langley, Virginia” as the first part of a “Year Zero” series of leaks.
The anti-secrecy organisation said its publication of the documents pertaining to the hacking was the first in a series of releases drawing from a dataset that includes several hundred million lines of code and includes the CIA’s “entire hacking capacity.” Among the explosive claims made in the documents are that the CIA, in partnership with other US and foreign intelligence agencies, has been able to break the encryption on popular messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal.
