Wikileaks’ latest data dump, the “Vault 7,” purporting to reveal the Central Intelligence Agency’s hacking tools, appears to be something of a dud. On the surface, the dump — touted by Wikileaks as the biggest ever publication of confidential CIA documents — offers some explosive revelations. CIA hackers use obfuscation tools to pretend its malware was made by someone else, including Russian intelligence! Otherwise — and Wikileaks makes a big deal of it — anyone can use the vulnerabilities, from foreign intelligence to teenage hackers. It gives foreign intelligence services an insight into the specific methods used by the CIA and probably sets off a distracting, morale-destroying hunt for the leaker.

Source: National Post March 09, 2017 16:07 UTC