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WikiLeaks Starts Releasing Source Code For Alleged CIA Spying Tools (vice.com)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Motherboard: WikiLeaks published new alleged material from the CIA on Thursday, releasing source code from a tool called Hive, which allows its operators to control malware it installed on different devices. WikiLeaks previously released documentation pertaining to the tool, but this is the first time WikiLeaks has released extensive source code for any CIA spying tool. This release is the first in what WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says is a new series, Vault 8, that will release the code from the CIA hacking tools revealed as part of Vault 7. "This publication will enable investigative journalists, forensic experts and the general public to better identify and understand covert CIA infrastructure components," WikiLeaks said in its press release for Vault 8. "Hive solves a critical problem for the malware operators at the CIA. Even the most sophisticated malware implant on a target computer is useless if there is no way for it to communicate with its operators in a secure manner that does not draw attention." In its release, WikiLeaks said that materials published as part of Vault 8 will "not contain zero-days or similar security vulnerabilities which could be repurposed by others."

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  1. Re:Kaspersky by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Curious how the summary doesn't include the part about the CIA having tools to impersonate Kaspersky Labs. Would that conflict with the narrative too much?

    I knew it!! The CIA is in cahoots with Kaspersjy who is in cahoots with the Russian government!

    Get this, the Russian government has been infiltrated by a small group of Cardinals from the Catholic Church - who are really Muslims working for the Saudi Royal Family.

    What the Saudi Royal Family doesn't know is that it has been infiltrated by the Massad of Israel. But the Massad of Israel is taking orders from a small Orthodox Jewish Sect in the Cayman Islands. And you guessed it, they are really Soto Buddhists. But those Soto Buddhists in Japan who control those Jews who control the Muslims who control the Saudis who control the Catholic Church Cardinals are being manipulated themselves!

    By none other than Donald Trump. BUT - he's being manipulated by Paula White - his "spiritual advisor". And who is she? She is an Evangelical Gospell of MONEY preacher.

    BUT she is being manipulated by the Koch brothers. And the Koch brothers are being bought out by none other than GEORGE SOROS! YES, him!

    But little do we all know that Georgia Soros is being manipulated by the CIA.
    So, yes. In a typical government cluster fuck, the CIA is manipulating themselves.
    Hey, it's a job, right?