WikiLeaks reveals CIA malware that "targets iPhone, Android, Smart TVs"

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WikiLeaks reveals CIA malware that "targets iPhone, Android, Smart TVs"

I collected the most interesting pieces from the Wikileaks press release:

Recently, the CIA lost control of the majority of its hacking arsenal including malware, viruses, trojans, weaponized "zero day" exploits, malware remote control systems and associated documentation. This extraordinary collection, which amounts to more than several hundred million lines of code, gives its possessor the entire hacking capacity of the CIA. The archive appears to have been circulated among former U.S. government hackers and contractors in an unauthorized manner, one of whom has provided WikiLeaks with portions of the archive.

"Year Zero" introduces the scope and direction of the CIA's global covert hacking program, its malware arsenal and dozens of "zero day" weaponized exploits against a wide range of U.S. and European company products, include Apple's iPhone, Google's Android and Microsoft's Windows and even Samsung TVs, which are turned into covert microphones.

The attack against Samsung smart TVs was developed in cooperation with the United Kingdom's MI5/BTSS. After infestation, Weeping Angel places the target TV in a 'Fake-Off' mode, so that the owner falsely believes the TV is off when it is on. In 'Fake-Off' mode the TV operates as a bug, recording conversations in the room and sending them over the Internet to a covert CIA server.

As of October 2014 the CIA was also looking at infecting the vehicle control systems used by modern cars and trucks. The purpose of such control is not specified, but it would permit the CIA to engage in nearly undetectable assassinations.

These techniques permit the CIA to bypass the encryption of WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Wiebo, Confide and Cloackman by hacking the "smart" phones that they run on and collecting audio and message traffic before encryption is applied.

Source: https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/#PRESS

Wow.
 
Mave said:
As of October 2014 the CIA was also looking at infecting the vehicle control systems used by modern cars and trucks. The purpose of such control is not specified, but it would permit the CIA to engage in nearly undetectable assassinations.

I'm scared now. Goddamn.
 
Stybar said:
Mave said:
As of October 2014 the CIA was also looking at infecting the vehicle control systems used by modern cars and trucks. The purpose of such control is not specified, but it would permit the CIA to engage in nearly undetectable assassinations.

I'm scared now. Goddamn.

The scary thing is how little media attention this got and how little people care.
 
Of course the media doesn't care. Kim Kardashian had a bad hair day, it's way more important!
 
Stybar said:
Of course the media doesn't care. Kim Kardashian had a bad hair day, it's way more important!
Or all the Trump shit, can I somehow filter him from all news?
 
Mave said:
Stybar said:
Of course the media doesn't care. Kim Kardashian had a bad hair day, it's way more important!
Or all the Trump shit, can I somehow filter him from all news?
Greasemonkey + filters.
 
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