The CIA has been hacking dozens of Wi-Fi routers and using them as covert listening points for at least a DECADE, leaked documents reveal

Monday, June 19, 2017
By Paul Martin

Wi-Fi hack was revealed in CIA documents released by Wikileaks last week
The implant is capable of infecting routers from 10 well-know US manufacturers
Once infected, routers are used to spy on the internet activity of targets
In total the firmware runs on 25 home router models but could infect more

By HARRY PETTIT
DAILYMAIL.COM
19 June 2017

Leaked CIA documents have revealed the agency has been hacking people’s Wi-Fi routers and using them as covert listening points.

Infected routers are used to spy on the activity of internet-connected device, according to decade-old secret documents leaked on Thursday by Wikileaks.

Home routers from 10 US manufacturers, including Linksys, DLink, and Belkin, have been used by the CIA to monitor internet traffic.

Wikileaks released the entire 175-page CIA user manual for the implant, which is codenamed ‘CherryBlossom’.

In total, the manual says that the firmware runs on 25 router models, but could run on more than 100 with minor modifications.

‘The Cherry Blossom (CB) system provides a means of monitoring the internet activity of and performing software exploits on targets of interest,’ the document reads.

‘In particular, CB is focused on compromising wireless networking devices, such as wireless (802.11) routers and access points (APs), to achieve these goals.’

The firmware is especially effective against some D-Link-made DIR-130 and Linksys-manufactured WRT300N models because they can be remotely infected even if they have a strong administrator password.

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