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Vault 7 is a series of documents released by Wikileaks on March 7, 2017, that detail activities of the American Central Intelligence Agency to perform electronic surveillance. The first batch of documents to be released consisted of 7,818 web pages with 943 attachments, purportedly from the Center for Cyber Intelligence, which already contains more pages than Edward Snowden's NSA release. According to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, Vault 7 is the most comprehensive release of US spying files ever made public. The files include details on software capabilities of the agency, such as the ability to bypass encryption on instant messaging services such as Signal, Whatsapp, and Telegram. Although the documents appear to be authentic, when asked about their authenticity a CIA spokesman replied that the organization does "not comment on the authenticity or content of purported intelligence documents."

Compromised Software and Products

Windows

The documents refer to a "Windows FAX DLL injection" exploit in Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 operating systems.

Smart phones

The electronic tools can reportedly compromised both Apple's iPhone and Google's Android operating systems.

Messaging Services

Some of the agency's software is able to bypass encryption on instant messaging services such as Signal, Whatsapp, and Telegram.

See also

References

  1. ^ "WikiLeaks claims to release thousands of CIA documents". CBS News/Associated Press. Mar 7, 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-07. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  2. ^ "WikiLeaks publishes massive trove of CIA spying files in 'Vault 7' release". The Independent. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
  3. Mazzetti, Scott Shane, Mark; Rosenberg, Matthew (2017-03-07). "WikiLeaks Releases Trove of Alleged C.I.A. Hacking Documents". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2017-03-07.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "WikiLeaks Releases Trove of Alleged C.I.A. Hacking Documentsa". The New York Times. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 7 March 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |authors= ignored (help)

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