Amongst the many, many CIA exploits of Apple, Google and Microsoft consumer technology in today's Wikileaks massive info dump was a particularly novel project to spy on Samsung smart TVs. This could mean the CIA had found a way to prevent the Samsung device from updating automatically, or at all. As shown in recent cases, Samsung Smart TVs have been the subject of both privacy and security concerns. Last month, Forbes revealed the FBI had successfully searched the Samsung TV of a suspect as part of an investigation into child sexual abuse material. The Shodan search engine for connected devices has also been able to harvest information on some Samsung TVs that are exposed on the web, possibly leaving them open to hackers anywhere on the planet.

Source: Forbes March 07, 2017 18:00 UTC