WikiLeaks will release to tech firms the software code of CIA hacking tools that were designed to compromise smartphones and other products, the group’s founder said Thursday, attempting to position himself as a defender of cybersecurity and probably further antagonizing the intelligence community. Some national security experts wondered why WikiLeaks had not already shared the software flaws. A CIA spokesman, Jonathan Liu, suggested that WikiLeaks’ pronouncements of the scale and impact of its Tuesday “Vault 7” release are exaggerated. Within the CIA, officials were aware before the WikiLeaks release of a loss of sensitive information, according to people familiar with the matter. The CIA dismissed any suggestion that WikiLeaks’ release served the interests of privacy and security.

Source: Washington Post March 09, 2017 20:57 UTC