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Leaked CIA Hacking Tools Linked to Prolific Longhorn Hacking Group
Last month, WikiLeaks released a massive dump of files from their so called Vault7. The large variety of hacking tools within were attributed to the Central Intelligence Agency’s hacking group. Since then, numerous exploits found within have been exposed and in some cases fixed. With more time with the files, researchers have now…
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Apple: Wikileaks CIA Exploits Are Old and Have Been Fixed
Apple has scoffed at a series of CIA documents released by Wikileaks today which revealed a number of vulnerabilities in the Cupertino company’s Mac and iOS devices. According to Apple, the exploits are between four and eight years old and have already been patched. The iOS vulnerability, which only affected…
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Hundreds of Cisco Switches Vulnerable to Simple CIA Hacking Command
One of the revelations that will always astonish me is the pervasiveness and efficiency of state surveillance. Recently, the CIA had an internal wiki database exposed through WikiLeaks. Hearkening back to the days of the Snowden revelations, we are now discovering that he intelligence agency is sitting on a treasure trove…
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Apple iOS Exploits Published By Wikileaks Already Fixed
You may have noticed Wikileaks are in the news yet again, with more juicy documents about the CIA and their unhealthy obsession with monitoring people, illegally. However, Apple has since confirmed that the iOS exploits published by Wikileaks had already been fixed in the last iOS update. In the 8000+ documents…
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Former CIA Director Thinks EU “Gets in the Way” of Security Services
Security is a big issue with companies and governments alike having issues raised when it comes to people’s data. With the UK soon to take part in a referendum, the EU is at the heart of debates about security, both digital and physical. It would seem that some think the EU…
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Alleged Teenage Hacker of CIA Director Arrested in UK
Following a reported hack of CIA Director John Brennan’s (pictured) AOL e-mail account last year – which, despite being a personal account, contained sensitive and confidential intelligence – a 16-year-old boy, suspected of carrying out the attack, was arrested in the UK on Tuesday (9th February). The hacker, calling himself “cracka”,…
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Government Officials Blame Snowden Leaks for Paris Attacks
In the wake of the tragic and devastating attacks in Paris last week, many questioned why the authorities were unable to predict and stop the attacks. In fact, despite the wide-ranging and intrusive surveillance systems in place, the only whiff of intelligence was about a generalized threat against France. Now many officials…
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CIA Director Hacker Reportedly a 13-Year-Old Stoner
Yesterday, we brought you news that CIA Director John Brennan (pictured) was the victim of a hack, with the attackers gaining access to the AOL account he used to share confidential, work-related details. It has now emerged that the hackers taking credit for the attack are two 13-year-old, pro-Palestine stoner…
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CIA Director Has AOL Account Hacked by Teen
A teenage hacker has claimed to have compromised the AOL account of CIA Director John Brennan. If the news is to be believed, Brennan was stupidly using his AOL e-mail account to send classified and sensitive work-related documents, including a 47-page application for confidential security clearance, details of the government’s…
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Secret Apology Letter Reveals CIA Spied on US Senate
The CIA didn’t spy on the US Senate. It said as much, in a rather aggressive manner, while accusing the Senate of impropriety by even suggesting such a thing, throwing out the Inspector General’s report on a potential breach in the process. The CIA even staged an in-house investigation of…
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CIA Couldn’t Use NSA’s Surveillance Program as Analysts Didn’t Know it Existed
A 2009 CIA document – released courtesy of a victorious Freedom of Information lawsuit filed against the US Department of Justice and published by The New York Times – has revealed the US external intelligence service did not use the NSA’s controversial STELLAR WIND surveillance program, which allowed the government…
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Origin Users Complain of Account Breaches
Users of Origin, EA’s digital game distribution portal, have reported unauthorized access to their accounts, with activity including game purchases, game playing, and in-game currency farming. A number of users have complained about the abnormal activity on reddit, some after receiving e-mails notifying them that attempts at purchasing games have…
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CIA Jumps Into Social Media Fun, Joins Twitter
Lookout social media, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is now active on Twitter. CIA officials hope to use social media to engage directly with the public, sharing unclassified information and public service announcements. Images and videos of CIA-related material, including artifacts in its secretive museum, will also be shared –…
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Edward Snowden Reveals he was Trained as a Spy and Not an Analyst
After leaking information about NSA activities and other secret plots, Edward Snowden makes another statement to the press. This time around, he reveals his own past relations with the secret service and what he actually did when working for them. Edward Snowden revealed that he was actually trained to be…
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CISPA Back For Third Time
C.I.S.P.A. is back again? As I told you in April, it hasn’t quite made it out of the press room. DemandProgress.org shared this information with us today. Apparently Congress leaders seem to want to keep Anti-Piracy, Censorship, and Internet Security on the top of their todo list. Though the people…
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