Post by cjm on Mar 10, 2017 18:24:03 GMT
Wikileaks' CIA document dump will cause a ripple effect
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The alleged trove of CIA documents revealed earlier this week by Wikileaks appears to be the largest leak of the agency's documents in history.
The documents published online reveal a set of sophisticated tools and techniques from the CIA's arsenal detailing how the agency can break into smartphones, computers and smart televisions.
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What's even more shocking is that the claims made by Wikileaks that the documents were "circulated among former US government hackers and contractors in an unauthorised manner, one of whom has provided WikiLeaks with portions of the archive".
If true, this means that individuals outside the agency now have the tools to compromise, exploit and hack into millions of devices around the world.
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Agencies around the world clamoured to gain the same kind of access as the NSA in the aftermath of the Snowden revelations. The CIA documents will only push governments around the world to encourage their agencies to explore similar exploits.
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The alleged trove of CIA documents revealed earlier this week by Wikileaks appears to be the largest leak of the agency's documents in history.
The documents published online reveal a set of sophisticated tools and techniques from the CIA's arsenal detailing how the agency can break into smartphones, computers and smart televisions.
...
What's even more shocking is that the claims made by Wikileaks that the documents were "circulated among former US government hackers and contractors in an unauthorised manner, one of whom has provided WikiLeaks with portions of the archive".
If true, this means that individuals outside the agency now have the tools to compromise, exploit and hack into millions of devices around the world.
...
Agencies around the world clamoured to gain the same kind of access as the NSA in the aftermath of the Snowden revelations. The CIA documents will only push governments around the world to encourage their agencies to explore similar exploits.
...
Responses
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