If what we’ve learned from WikiLeaks over the past couple of years has been true, those old James Bond movies sort of look boring in comparison. Imagine thinking that you’ve turned off your television only to later learn that, although the indicator light showed it was off, it was capturing that entire highly personal conversation you just had with your spouse while sending it, real-time, to a government intelligence agency. This is reality, and it extends to your cell phone as well.
British spies helped the CIA find a way to convert ‘smart’ TVs into secret microphones using a codename inspired by Doctor Who killer monsters called ‘Weeping Angels’. [For those who might not be aware, “Doctor Who” is a British science-fiction television show that has been running since 1963 with a couple of hiatuses.]
MI5 worked with their US counterparts to develop software that convinced people their sets were switched off when in fact they were on and recording every word they say.
British spies has been central to developing the hack of TVs connected to the internet, according to WikiLeaks.
The spooks also chose to name it after to Weeping Angels from Doctor Who – monsters who pretended to be stone statues before creeping up on unsuspecting victims.
We tend to think of listening to telephone calls when we think of cyber intelligence gathering, but you might be surprised by some of the other things intelligence agencies can do.
US intelligence has also devised a method of remotely controlling cars and crashing them, leaked data claims.
WikiLeaks has made an extraordinary claim regarding this release, which if true, must be a devastating development for agencies such as the CIA and NSA.
WikiLeaks claimed the haul, which it dubbed Vault 7, Year Zero, exposed the agency’s entire hacking tool kit, constituting an even bigger and more significant breach of US intelligence than the National Security Agency files leaked by analyst Edward Snowden.
The sensational revelation came after the website published 8,761 confidential US government files detailing CIA hacking and surveillance techniques.
Snowden’s revelations showed the vast extent of routine electronic spying by the US and allies led by the UK.
Vault 7 concentrates on the ingenious ways they can do it, showing how the CIA steals data from targets and turns ordinary devices such as mobile phones, computers and internet-connected TVs into surveillance tools.
Not only have we gotten a glimpse into what the CIA can do, but again, if accurate, this release means that all of the CIA’s hacking tools are now in the public domain and can be used by anyone who understands this sort of stuff. That is a claim, the implications of which, are almost impossible to fathom.
It said: ‘This extraordinary collection, which amounts to more than several hundred million lines of code, gives its possessor the entire hacking capacity of the CIA.
‘The archive appears to have been circulated among former US government hackers and contractors in an unauthorized manner, one of whom has provided WikiLeaks with portions of the archive.’
The website said the documents show the CIA has produced more than 1,000 malware systems, viruses, trojans, and other software that can infiltrate and take control of target electronics.
For what it’s worth, another famous source of government secrets has weighed in on the story.
Former CIA operative and whistle-blower Edward Snowden, who is currently in exile in Russia, has tweeted that the claims by WikiLeaks were legitimate.
He posted: ‘Still working through the publication, but what @Wikileaks has here is genuinely a big deal. Looks authentic.’
For those of you who are concerned about your privacy or whether your phone, computer, or television are secretly listening to you and sending your words to know knows where, just keep in mind what those who support expansive official powers to eavesdrop fall back on: “If you’ve got nothing to hide, you’ve got nothing to worry about.”
Feel better now?
Source: Daily Mail
Sounds like NEW WORLD ORDER needs to be slaped up side the head with a 2×4.
Whose to say their not being watched lol goes both ways
They would get very bored with me!
Black Racist bitch
Wow