We should not forget this story from a couple of weeks ago.

[kentuck]

This could be much more sinister than we know?
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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/world/europe/wikileaks-cia-hacking.html?_r=0

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WASHINGTON — In what appears to be the largest leak of C.I.A documents in history, WikiLeaks released on Tuesday thousands of pages describing sophisticated software tools and techniques used by the agency to break into smartphones, computers and even Internet-connected televisions.

The documents amount to a detailed, highly technical catalog of tools. They include instructions for compromising a wide range of common computer tools for use in spying: the online calling service Skype; Wi-Fi networks; documents in PDF format; and even commercial antivirus programs of the kind used by millions of people to protect their computers.

A program called Wrecking Crew explains how to crash a targeted computer, and another tells how to steal passwords using the autocomplete function on Internet Explorer. Other programs were called CrunchyLimeSkies, ElderPiggy, AngerQuake and McNugget.

The document dump was the latest coup for the antisecrecy organization and a serious blow to the C.I.A., which uses its hacking abilities to carry out espionage against foreign targets.

....more at link

[Horse with no Name]

1. So this is where he read the documents?

I was going to ask the stupid question if it was possible a russian hacker got hold of these documents.

[randome]

2. That would be perfect. Wikileaks leading to Nunes' breakdown.

Leading to Dolt45's end.

[LisaM]

3. I was watching MSNBC a couple of weeks ago, and this strange commercial came on.

It was a couple of Russian guys promoting software that would protect your computer from ransomware. The graphics were very loud and menacing, and it kept flipping from Russian to English. I often fall asleep in front of the TV and flip it to MSNBC before I get up and go to bed just to see if there's a breaking story, so it must have been in the middle of the night sometime.

This post reminded me of that. Anyone else seen that ad? Or was MSNBC hacked, which is what it seemed like!

[mopinko]

4. kaspirsky

well known security experts