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'''Wikileaks' Vault 7''' is a series of documents that [[WikiLeaks]] began to release on 7 March 2017.
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'''Wikileaks' Vault 7''' is a series of documents that [[WikiLeaks]] began to release on 7 March 2017. It was followed up by [[Wikileaks/Vault 8]] which released source code of some of these exploits.
  
 
==Revelations==
 
==Revelations==
 
Vault 7 revealed that [[CIA]] [[malware]] has been infecting Wi-Fi routers since [[2007]]<ref>https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/06/advanced-cia-firmware-turns-home-routers-into-covert-listening-posts/</ref> and that at least since [[2012]] it has had a simple tool to try to collect data from air gapped computers.<ref>https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/22/wikileaks_cia_brutal_kangaroo/</ref>
 
Vault 7 revealed that [[CIA]] [[malware]] has been infecting Wi-Fi routers since [[2007]]<ref>https://arstechnica.com/security/2017/06/advanced-cia-firmware-turns-home-routers-into-covert-listening-posts/</ref> and that at least since [[2012]] it has had a simple tool to try to collect data from air gapped computers.<ref>https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/06/22/wikileaks_cia_brutal_kangaroo/</ref>
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Their abilities to hack into vehicles allow them to carry out “nearly undetectable assassinations”, as [[Wikileaks]] put it, re-igniting debate about the fate of [[Michael Hastings]] who died in a single vehicle car crash in which he sped up and drive into a tree.<ref>http://www.news.com.au/finance/business/media/wikileaks-vault-7-dump-reignites-conspiracy-theories-surrounding-death-of-michael-hastings/news-story/0df1d06403d0223ce1cfc286a1e75325</ref>
 
==Spin==
 
==Spin==
 
''[[The Register]]'' accused Wikileaks of "spinning" some of the data from Vault 7.<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/31/wikileaks_cia/</ref>
 
''[[The Register]]'' accused Wikileaks of "spinning" some of the data from Vault 7.<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/03/31/wikileaks_cia/</ref>

Revision as of 12:22, 10 November 2017

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Date7 March 2017 - Present

Wikileaks' Vault 7 is a series of documents that WikiLeaks began to release on 7 March 2017. It was followed up by Wikileaks/Vault 8 which released source code of some of these exploits.

Revelations

Vault 7 revealed that CIA malware has been infecting Wi-Fi routers since 2007[1] and that at least since 2012 it has had a simple tool to try to collect data from air gapped computers.[2]

Their abilities to hack into vehicles allow them to carry out “nearly undetectable assassinations”, as Wikileaks put it, re-igniting debate about the fate of Michael Hastings who died in a single vehicle car crash in which he sped up and drive into a tree.[3]

Spin

The Register accused Wikileaks of "spinning" some of the data from Vault 7.[4]

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