WikiLeaks Vault 7 Highlights Importance Of Tech Self-Sufficiency
By Ulson Gunnar
ActivistPost.com
MARCH 11, 2017
Leaked documents clearinghouse WikiLeaks has recently released an immense collection detailing the US Central Intelligence Agency’s (CIA) vast and literally Orwellian surveillance and spying capabilities.
The International Business Times in an article titled, “What’s in Vault 7? WikiLeaks publishes huge trove of CIA secrets,” would explain:
WikiLeaks has revealed the contents of the long-awaited Vault 7 – a huge batch of documents allegedly detailing the hacking tools used by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The whistle-blowing organisation said it may be the largest intelligence publication in history.
It also stated that these tools were used across hacked platforms. It reported:
This includes Samsung TVs, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhones and smartphones using Google’s Android operating system. The techniques could be used to give the CIA the ability “bypass the encryption” of WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Wiebo and Confide, WikiLeaks said.
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