Difference between revisions of "Wikileaks/Vault 7"
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| − | Vault 7 revealed that [[CIA]] [[malware]] has been infecting Wi-Fi routers since [[2007] | + | Vault 7 revealed that [[CIA]] [[malware]] has been infecting Wi-Fi routers since [[2007]]<ref>https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/06/advanced-cia-firmware-turns-home-routers-into-covert-listening-posts/</ref> and that at least since [[2012]] it has had a simple tool to try to collect data from air gapped computers.<ref>https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/22/wikileaks_cia_brutal_kangaroo/</ref> |
==Spin== | ==Spin== | ||
''[[The Register]]'' accused Wikileaks of "spinning" some of the data from Vault 7.<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/31/wikileaks_cia/</ref> | ''[[The Register]]'' accused Wikileaks of "spinning" some of the data from Vault 7.<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/31/wikileaks_cia/</ref> | ||
Revision as of 16:03, 7 November 2017
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| Date | 7 March 2017 - Present |
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Wikileaks' Vault 7 is a series of documents that WikiLeaks began to release on 7 March 2017.
Revelations
Vault 7 revealed that CIA malware has been infecting Wi-Fi routers since 2007[1] and that at least since 2012 it has had a simple tool to try to collect data from air gapped computers.[2]
Spin
The Register accused Wikileaks of "spinning" some of the data from Vault 7.[3]
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