[h=1]WikiLeaks releases CIA hacking tactics for Apple products[/h]March 24, 2017 00:27
The Central Intelligence Agency is able to permanently infect an Apple Mac computer so that even reinstalling the operating system will not erase the bug, according to documents published today by WikiLeaks.
In its second release allegedly from the CIA's arsenal of hacking tools, WikiLeaks also said that it appears the US spy agency has been able since 2008 to insert it bugs onto new and unused iPhones by intervening in Apple's supply and distribution network.
The release follows the initial publication on March 9 by the anti-secrecy group of thousands of pages of instructions and code from what it called the entire CIA arsenal of hacking tools.
The documents are generally believed to be genuine although the CIA has not acknowledged this.
The publication of the documents sparked a US counterintelligence investigation into how the documents leaked out from the CIA and made their way to WikiLeaks, with some people pointing fingers at the agency's use of private subcontractors as a likely source.
The newest documents focus on how the CIA targets Apple's popular personal electronics to spy on users.
http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...ple-products/c75089263bdfc26b63aa8c94989ff0bb
The Central Intelligence Agency is able to permanently infect an Apple Mac computer so that even reinstalling the operating system will not erase the bug, according to documents published today by WikiLeaks.
In its second release allegedly from the CIA's arsenal of hacking tools, WikiLeaks also said that it appears the US spy agency has been able since 2008 to insert it bugs onto new and unused iPhones by intervening in Apple's supply and distribution network.
The release follows the initial publication on March 9 by the anti-secrecy group of thousands of pages of instructions and code from what it called the entire CIA arsenal of hacking tools.
The documents are generally believed to be genuine although the CIA has not acknowledged this.
The publication of the documents sparked a US counterintelligence investigation into how the documents leaked out from the CIA and made their way to WikiLeaks, with some people pointing fingers at the agency's use of private subcontractors as a likely source.
The newest documents focus on how the CIA targets Apple's popular personal electronics to spy on users.
http://news.rediff.com/commentary/2...ple-products/c75089263bdfc26b63aa8c94989ff0bb
