developed tools to spy on Mac computers by injecting software into the chips that control the computers’ fundamental operations, according to the latest cache of classified government documents published on Thursday by WikiLeaks. had found ways to hack Apple iPhones and Android smartphones, Microsoft Windows computers, Cisco routers and Samsung smart televisions. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyAll of the surveillance tools that have been disclosed were designed to be installed on individual phones or computers. Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, has offered to share the precise software code used by the C.I.A.’s cyberweapons with the affected companies. Google and Microsoft, he said, had simply pointed WikiLeaks to its existing channels for anyone to report a security flaw.

Source: New York Times March 24, 2017 00:37 UTC