Wikileaks/Vault 7
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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. It was followed up by Wikileaks/Vault 8 which released source code of some of these exploits.
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]
Their abilities to hack into vehicles allow them to carry out “nearly undetectable assassinations”, as Wikileaks put it, re-igniting debate about the fate of Michael Hastings who died in a single vehicle car crash in which he sped up and drove into a tree.[3]
Spin
The Register accused Wikileaks of "spinning" some of the data from Vault 7.[4]
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References
- ↑ https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/06/advanced-cia-firmware-turns-home-routers-into-covert-listening-posts/
- ↑ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/22/wikileaks_cia_brutal_kangaroo/
- ↑ http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/wikileaks-vault-7-dump-reignites-conspiracy-theories-surrounding-death-of-michael-hastings/news-story/0df1d06403d0223ce1cfc286a1e75325
- ↑ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/31/wikileaks_cia/
