WikiLeaks on Tuesday released thousands of documents that it said described sophisticated software tools used by the Central Intelligence Agency to break into smartphones, computers and even Internet-connected televisions.
If the documents are authentic, as appeared likely at first review, the release would be the latest coup for the anti-secrecy organization and a serious blow to the C.I.A., which maintains its own hacking capabilities to be used for espionage.
The initial release, which WikiLeaks said was only the first part of the document collection, included 7,818 web pages with 943 attachments, the group said. The entire archive of C.I.A. material consists of several hundred million lines of computer code, it said.
Now Wikileaks offers up some obfuscation to camouflage the source of this hack but if you are not already convinced that it is the Russiand than you have simply not been paying attention.
Currently Trump is reeling from one anonymous tip after another showing that his White House is in turmoil, his ties to Russia are multiplying exponentially, and his mental health is in question.
Much of this Trump is blaming on intelligence sources, and as of yesterday those same intelligence sources threw cold water on his claim that President Obama tapped his phones.
In a word he is pissed!
So then we come to today and lo and behold Wikileaks, the same group who released information hacked from the DNC and other sources to help Trump win the election, have suddenly released a treasure trove of information concerning HOW the CIA conducts espionage and gains access to electronic devices.
So how does this help Trump you might ask?
Well besides offering an irresistible distraction to the media, there are tidbits like this:
Another program described in the documents, named Umbrage, is a voluminous library of cyberattack techniques that the C.I.A. has collected from malware produced by other countries, including Russia. According to the WikiLeaks release, the large number of techniques allows the C.I.A. to mask the origin of some of its cyberattacks and confuse forensic investigators.
Now just let that digest a little. And then imagine what Trump supporters will make of that revelation.
Well here let me just tell you, because they are already doing it.
What this Umbrage program suggests is that the CIA could hack into a computer and then leave behind false data that will confuse investigators into believing that the hack came from another source.
So if you are a Trump supporter who does not want to accept the fact that the Russians hacked computers in America in order to help hand the election to your candidate, well now you don't have to accept that fact.
You can simply convince yourself that the CIA hacked the DNC, State Department, Clinton Campaign, White House, and apparently themselves, and then blamed the whole thing on poor, blameless Vladimir Putin.
And if you don't think they are dumb enough to do this, well like I said you have not been paying attention.
Speaking of Putin and Russia, I would like to bring something else to your attention.
According to the New York Times this material was apparently hacked between 2013 and 2016.
This means that whoever had it in their possession (The Russians) has had all of those CIA tricks in their tool kit for as long as three years.
That means that they could have been using that stolen data to gain access to any number of computers, televisions, and smart phones in the possession of diplomats, reporters, politicians, you name it.
If you then remember that the Russians are famous for using blackmail to force powerful people to bend to their will, well then at this point I think some things might be starting to fall into place.
Now do you remember what else happened in 2013?
That is the year that Edward Snowden flew to Russia after stealing the global surveillance blueprints from the NSA.
And once again the picture starts to become a little bit clearer.As @wikileaks are revealing how the CIA hack, let's ask why they never leak anything about SORM. http://pic.twitter.com/QHanK2dth3— Darth Putin (@DarthPutinKGB) March 7, 2017
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