Judge: Ex-CIA Worker Can Represent Himself in Espionage Case
U.S. District Judge Paul A. Crotty said in a written order that Joshua Schulte had shown that he was sure he wanted to act as his own lawyer. Schulte, 32, faces an October trial on charges that he leaked CIA secrets to WikiLeaks, which published materials in 2017 that revealed how the CIA hacked Apple…
WikiLeaks Details Mac OS X Hacking Tools Used by CIA
The latest round of documents published by WikiLeaks as part of a leak dubbed by the organization “Vault 7” describes several tools allegedly used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to target Mac OS X and other POSIX systems. The tools, said to be part of a CIA project named “Imperial,” are called Achilles,…
CIA Router Hacking Tool Exposed by WikiLeaks
Documents published by WikiLeaks on Thursday provide details on a tool allegedly used by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to hack routers and access points. Dubbed CherryBlossom, the tool is described by its developers as a system designed for monitoring a target’s Internet activity and delivering software exploits via wireless networking devices. WikiLeaks said…
Leaked docs suggest NSA and CIA behind Equation cyberespionage group
Purported CIA documents leaked Tuesday appear to confirm that the U.S. National Security Agency and one of CIA’s own divisions were responsible for the malware tools and operations attributed to a group that security researchers have dubbed the Equation. The Equation’s cyberespionage activities were documented in February 2015 by researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab….
Wikileaks, CIA documents and some sober thoughts
So, my less than favorite topic found itself at the top of my reading list today. Wikileaks released a treasure trove of documents today that purport to outline all manner of CIA related operations. After I got passed the “what the actual…” moment, I had to pause. On social media and various news outlets there…