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Former CIA Programmer Convicted for 2017 Leak of ‘Vault 7’ US Hacking Tools to Wikileaks
Former CIA coder Joshua Schulte was found guilty of the 2017 leak of ‘Vault 7’ hacking tools to WikiLeaks, by a New York federal court on Wednesday. Schulte, who worked for the CIA’s elite hacking unit, sent the agency’s most valuable hacking tools to the anti-secrecy group in 2017, including 8,761 documents, plus a collection of malware, v...
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US Got Key Asset Out Of Russia After Election Hacking
In 2017, the United States extracted from Russia an important CIA source who had provided information about the Kremlin's interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to current and former officials.
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Ex-CIA Employee Charged in Major Leak of Agency Hacking Tools
Joshua Adam Schulte was charged in a 13-count superseding indictment with illegally gathering and transmitting national defence information and other related counts.
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US Identifies Suspect In Major Leak Of CIA Hacking Tools
The U.S. government has identified a suspect in the leak last year of a large portion of the CIA's computer hacking arsenal, the cyber-tools the agency had used to conduct espionage operations overseas, according to interviews and public documents.
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UK Teen Pleads Guilty to Hacking CIA Chief's Computer
Prosecutors say that in 2015-16, Gamble, now 18, targeted the computers of officials including then-FBI director Mark Giuliano.
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CIA Reveals It Was Hacked by an Insider Network of Snack Thieves
A report released this week shows the CIA discovered that insider hackers had stolen more than $3,300 worth of potato chips, chocolate bars and other snacks from its vending machines.
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US Again Weighing WikiLeaks Charges
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether the group bears criminal responsibility for the more recent revelation of sensitive CIA cyber-tools.
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CIA Chief Calls WikiLeaks a 'Hostile Intelligence Service'
"WikiLeaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service. It has encouraged its followers to find jobs at CIA in order to obtain intelligence."
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Symantec Attributes 40 Cyber-Attacks to CIA-Linked Hacking Tools
Symantec said it had connected at least 40 attacks in 16 countries to the tools obtained by WikiLeaks, though it followed company policy by not formally blaming the CIA.
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CIA knew In Summer Of Russian Effort To Back Donald Trump: Report
The CIA had evidence that Russia was interfering in the 2016 US election to boost Donald Trump earlier than previously thought, the New York Times reported Thursday.
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Wikileaks' Latest Release Of CIA Cyber Tools Could Blow Cover On Agency Hacking Operations
The material includes the secret source code of an "obfuscation" technique used by the CIA so its malware can evade detection by antivirus systems.
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A Scramble at Cisco Exposes Uncomfortable Truths About US Cyber Defence
Cisco engineers worked around the clock for days to analyse the means of attack, create fixes, and craft a stopgap warning.
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Apple: Software Flaws in Latest WikiLeaks Docs Are All Fixed
The documents released by the anti-secrecy site Thursday morning pointed to an apparent CIA program to hack Apple devices.
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WikiLeaks: CIA Hacked Apple Devices in Ways Users Can't Fix
Security experts say the exploits are plausible, but suggest they pose little threat to typical users.
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The CIA May Have Hacked iPhones And Macs Before They Even Got To Customers, But Probably Not Yours
WikiLeaks claimed Thursday that the CIA had found a way to intercept and hack into Apple iPhones just a year after the company's smartphone hit the market. The group also claimed that the CIA was able to infect Mac computers. But it's very unlikely that your iPhone or Mac was affected, experts say.
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Former CIA Programmer Convicted for 2017 Leak of ‘Vault 7’ US Hacking Tools to Wikileaks
Former CIA coder Joshua Schulte was found guilty of the 2017 leak of ‘Vault 7’ hacking tools to WikiLeaks, by a New York federal court on Wednesday. Schulte, who worked for the CIA’s elite hacking unit, sent the agency’s most valuable hacking tools to the anti-secrecy group in 2017, including 8,761 documents, plus a collection of malware, v...
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US Got Key Asset Out Of Russia After Election Hacking
In 2017, the United States extracted from Russia an important CIA source who had provided information about the Kremlin's interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to current and former officials.
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Ex-CIA Employee Charged in Major Leak of Agency Hacking Tools
Joshua Adam Schulte was charged in a 13-count superseding indictment with illegally gathering and transmitting national defence information and other related counts.
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US Identifies Suspect In Major Leak Of CIA Hacking Tools
The U.S. government has identified a suspect in the leak last year of a large portion of the CIA's computer hacking arsenal, the cyber-tools the agency had used to conduct espionage operations overseas, according to interviews and public documents.
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UK Teen Pleads Guilty to Hacking CIA Chief's Computer
Prosecutors say that in 2015-16, Gamble, now 18, targeted the computers of officials including then-FBI director Mark Giuliano.
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CIA Reveals It Was Hacked by an Insider Network of Snack Thieves
A report released this week shows the CIA discovered that insider hackers had stolen more than $3,300 worth of potato chips, chocolate bars and other snacks from its vending machines.
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US Again Weighing WikiLeaks Charges
Federal prosecutors are investigating whether the group bears criminal responsibility for the more recent revelation of sensitive CIA cyber-tools.
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CIA Chief Calls WikiLeaks a 'Hostile Intelligence Service'
"WikiLeaks walks like a hostile intelligence service and talks like a hostile intelligence service. It has encouraged its followers to find jobs at CIA in order to obtain intelligence."
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Symantec Attributes 40 Cyber-Attacks to CIA-Linked Hacking Tools
Symantec said it had connected at least 40 attacks in 16 countries to the tools obtained by WikiLeaks, though it followed company policy by not formally blaming the CIA.
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CIA knew In Summer Of Russian Effort To Back Donald Trump: Report
The CIA had evidence that Russia was interfering in the 2016 US election to boost Donald Trump earlier than previously thought, the New York Times reported Thursday.
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Wikileaks' Latest Release Of CIA Cyber Tools Could Blow Cover On Agency Hacking Operations
The material includes the secret source code of an "obfuscation" technique used by the CIA so its malware can evade detection by antivirus systems.
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A Scramble at Cisco Exposes Uncomfortable Truths About US Cyber Defence
Cisco engineers worked around the clock for days to analyse the means of attack, create fixes, and craft a stopgap warning.
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Apple: Software Flaws in Latest WikiLeaks Docs Are All Fixed
The documents released by the anti-secrecy site Thursday morning pointed to an apparent CIA program to hack Apple devices.
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WikiLeaks: CIA Hacked Apple Devices in Ways Users Can't Fix
Security experts say the exploits are plausible, but suggest they pose little threat to typical users.
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The CIA May Have Hacked iPhones And Macs Before They Even Got To Customers, But Probably Not Yours
WikiLeaks claimed Thursday that the CIA had found a way to intercept and hack into Apple iPhones just a year after the company's smartphone hit the market. The group also claimed that the CIA was able to infect Mac computers. But it's very unlikely that your iPhone or Mac was affected, experts say.
