Wiki leaks Reveal CIA Can Spyware Using Phone

WikiLeaks published thousands of secret CIA files on Tuesday detailing hacking tools the government employs to break into users’ computers, mobile phones and even smart TVs. Some companies that manufacture smart TVs include Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung. The documents describe clandestine methods for bypassing or defeating encryption, antivirus tools and other protective security features intended to keep the private information of citizens and corporations safe from prying eyes. U.S. government employees, including President Trump, use many of the same products and internet services purportedly compromised by the tools.

CNET reports that if the CIA could break into a phone’s operating system, the agency could potentially access not just encrypted data stored on devices, but also encrypted messages sent through popular services like WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram. The approach doesn’t break the encryption, CNET reports, but rather gives hackers the same access to messages that a regular user would have when unlocking their phone.

• Largest publication of confidential documents about the CIA 
• Code-named “Vault7” 
• Part 1 includes 8,761 documents from CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence 
• Reveals direction of global hacking program Information on agency’s malware arsenal 
• Claims that CIA used products like iPhones and smart TVs as covert microphones 
• Claims that the CIA used its Langley HQ and U.S. consulate in Frankfurt, Germany as bases for its hackers 
•  Broad exchanges of tools and information among the CIA, NSA and other U.S. intelligence agencies

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