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New Wikileaks
We're spying on French political party priorities, operation, and election campaigns
Cell phone attacks on encrypted communications i.e. WhatsApp/Confide before the messages are encrypted
Frankfurt consulate as CIA base
24 zero days
Much larger than Snowden leaks
Minor snips:
The espionage order for "Non Ruling Political Parties and Candidates Strategic Election Plans" which targeted Francois Holland, Marine Le Pen and other opposition figures requires obtaining opposition parties' strategies for the election; information on internal party dynamics and rising leaders; efforts to influence and implement political decisions; support from local government officials, government elites or business elites; views of the United States; efforts to reach out to other countries, including Germany, U.K., Libya, Israel, Palestine, Syria & Cote d'Ivoire; as well as information about party and candidate funding.
These techniques permit the CIA to bypass the encryption of WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram, Wiebo, Confide and Cloackman by hacking the "smart" phones that they run on and collecting audio and message traffic before encryption is applied.
The attack against Samsung smart TVs was developed in cooperation with the United Kingdom's MI5/BTSS. After infestation, Weeping Angel places the target TV in a 'Fake-Off' mode, so that the owner falsely believes the TV is off when it is on. In 'Fake-Off' mode the TV operates as a bug, recording conversations in the room and sending them over the Internet to a covert CIA server.
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That's 24 zero-days for Android, not in total.
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Will Trump bash the CIA or bash wikileaks? I honestly don't know
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On March 08 2017 01:50 Mohdoo wrote:
Will Trump bash the CIA or bash wikileaks? I honestly don't know
Wikileaks has proven itself to be a better friend to Trump than the CIA ever has.
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I am very excited for Russia's...I mean...wikileaks' next attempt to influence an election and drive a wedge between long standing allies.
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On March 08 2017 01:56 Plansix wrote:
drive a wedge between long standing allies.
In the wise words of Obi-Wan Kenobi, you have done that yourself.
Also the part of me that cares about cyber security is tingling with excitement while reading this Wikileaks release.
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Anyone works in IT already know once you are connected to a network, anything is hackable.
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We have been to soft on wikileaks and unwilling to deal with them head on. We had the ability to assert enough political pressure to deal with them a long time ago, but no one wanted to. Hopefully that will change, because they are not going away.
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On March 08 2017 01:04 ShoCkeyy wrote:By xDaunt? Possibly, I feel like the guy has never been poor or has known a poor person. I've been poor, and it fucking sucks not knowing where to sleep or eat. You can't have consumerism if you can't eat, or rent a place.
He likes to spout some gospel of prosperity stuff, throw out a few backhanded insults along the lines of "are you that dense/ only someone stupid would/ don't be obtuse" and then disappear for a couple pages.
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DLL Hijack 2048 User, Game Operator plays game while collection is occurring v1.0
Well that right there is just a dick move. Can't even play telephone games without getting haxored!
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On March 08 2017 02:04 RealityIsKing wrote:
Anyone works in IT already know once you are connected to a network, anything is hackable.
"The only safe computer is one that's disconnected, turned off, and hidden in a vault deep underground."
Anyone who isn't a complete buffoon knows exactly how intelligence operates. There are many buffoons, though, so this tends to be a huge story.
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On March 08 2017 02:04 RealityIsKing wrote:
Anyone works in IT already know once you are connected to a network, anything is hackable.
Sorry, that's really just not true. I really hope you don't work in IT for anything important.
On March 08 2017 02:04 Plansix wrote:
We have been to soft on wikileaks and unwilling to deal with them head on. We had the ability to assert enough political pressure to deal with them a long time ago, but no one wanted to. Hopefully that will change, because they are not going away.
Is this sarcasm? I would've thought you were a big WikiLeaks proponent.
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On March 08 2017 02:04 RealityIsKing wrote:
Anyone works in IT already know once you are connected to a network, anything is hackable.
And yet we have a functional stock market and banking system connected to the internet. This isn't true. Security exists and can be effective.
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On March 08 2017 02:09 LightSpectra wrote:Show nested quote +On March 08 2017 02:04 Plansix wrote:
We have been to soft on wikileaks and unwilling to deal with them head on. We had the ability to assert enough political pressure to deal with them a long time ago, but no one wanted to. Hopefully that will change, because they are not going away. Is this sarcasm? I would've thought you were a big WikiLeaks proponent.
People selectively like Wikileaks when it supports their side.
Wikileaks helped get Trump elected, so at the moment it is an evil Russian conspiracy devil.
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On March 08 2017 02:12 Mohdoo wrote:Show nested quote +On March 08 2017 02:04 RealityIsKing wrote:
Anyone works in IT already know once you are connected to a network, anything is hackable. And yet we have a functional stock market and banking system connected to the internet. This isn't true. Security exists and can be effective.
While true, none of those things remain unhacked. Many are of the "steal some coinage" variety but also espionage. Malicious destructive hacks are rare, of course, because national governments that hack each other would receive some pretty hefty retaliation.
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On March 08 2017 02:16 LegalLord wrote:Show nested quote +On March 08 2017 02:12 Mohdoo wrote:On March 08 2017 02:04 RealityIsKing wrote:
Anyone works in IT already know once you are connected to a network, anything is hackable. And yet we have a functional stock market and banking system connected to the internet. This isn't true. Security exists and can be effective. While true, none of those things remain unhacked. Many are of the "steal some coinage" variety but also espionage. Malicious destructive hacks are rare, of course, because national governments that hack each other would receive some pretty hefty retaliation.
I really don't think you have any idea what you're talking about.
On March 08 2017 02:14 LegalLord wrote:Show nested quote +On March 08 2017 02:09 LightSpectra wrote:On March 08 2017 02:04 Plansix wrote:
We have been to soft on wikileaks and unwilling to deal with them head on. We had the ability to assert enough political pressure to deal with them a long time ago, but no one wanted to. Hopefully that will change, because they are not going away. Is this sarcasm? I would've thought you were a big WikiLeaks proponent. People selectively like Wikileaks when it supports their side. Wikileaks helped get Trump elected, so at the moment it is an evil Russian conspiracy devil.
Well, not I. I fully support any and all whistleblowing: WikiLeaks, Manning, Snowden, Ellsburg, John Doe of the Panama Papers. If the leaks put somebody I like in bad light, I stop liking that person, I don't pretend to whisk reality away.
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On March 08 2017 02:12 Mohdoo wrote:Show nested quote +On March 08 2017 02:04 RealityIsKing wrote:
Anyone works in IT already know once you are connected to a network, anything is hackable. And yet we have a functional stock market and banking system connected to the internet. This isn't true. Security exists and can be effective.
And yet banks still get hacked.
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On March 08 2017 02:09 LightSpectra wrote:Show nested quote +On March 08 2017 02:04 RealityIsKing wrote:
Anyone works in IT already know once you are connected to a network, anything is hackable. Sorry, that's really just not true. I really hope you don't work in IT for anything important. Show nested quote +On March 08 2017 02:04 Plansix wrote:
We have been to soft on wikileaks and unwilling to deal with them head on. We had the ability to assert enough political pressure to deal with them a long time ago, but no one wanted to. Hopefully that will change, because they are not going away. Is this sarcasm? I would've thought you were a big WikiLeaks proponent.
They are a third party organization of unknown affiliation that releases stolen information for their own personal enrichment. They are accountable to no one but their unknown backers. Even reporters citing anonymous sources can be held accountable for what they report and have served jail time for protecting a source. Wikileaks takes none of these risks while getting paid unknown amounts of money from unknown parties. I am not naïve enough to think they have my best interest in mind.
Snowden is another matter. Although I supported him leaking some information, he also used that information to buy passage through Hong Kong and to Russia. And god knows what he traded to Russia to be able to stay there.
Basically, speaking truth to power from safety does not impress me. The reporter who was jailed for protecting a source during the GW administration is far more impressive.
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On March 08 2017 00:03 TheTenthDoc wrote:
I have no idea how on earth the GOP plan is going to increase access. Are they just going to bulldoze down HMOs and networks, the two things that actually do hold healthcare costs down? Or did they actually discuss a way to increase access? Or is allowing people to buy across state lines supposed to somehow do this?
Republicans love saying they will make something "accessible" and "provide opportunity." But those terms don't necessitate that those things will be attainable. I have the accessibility to walk into a BMW dealer where they provide me the opportunity to buy a fancy car, but it will be well out of the range of anything I can budget.
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On March 08 2017 02:29 RealityIsKing wrote:Show nested quote +On March 08 2017 02:12 Mohdoo wrote:On March 08 2017 02:04 RealityIsKing wrote:
Anyone works in IT already know once you are connected to a network, anything is hackable. And yet we have a functional stock market and banking system connected to the internet. This isn't true. Security exists and can be effective. And yet banks still get hacked.
Yea, but the people "hacking" banks have money, time and manpower to break that security.
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