Vault 7
Vault 7 is a series of documents WikiLeaks began publishing on March 7, 2017. It details the activities and capabilities of the United States Central Intelligence Agency to conduct electronic surveillance and cyber warfare. The files, dated from 2013 to 2016, contain details about the CIA's software features, such as: B. the ability to drive cars, smart TVs, web browsers (including Google Chrome , Microsoft Edge , Mozilla Firefox and Opera Software ASA), and the operating systems of most smartphones (including Apple iOS and Google Android) as well as other operating systems such as Microsoft Windows , macOS and To compromise Linux . The CIA expressed concern about the publications, but assumed the authenticity of the documents published.
In June 2018, Joshua Adam Schulte was charged with forwarding the classified documents to Wikileaks.
Web links
- Homepage of Wikileaks
- Vault 7: CIA Hacking Tools Revealed In: Wikileaks, Retrieved May 15, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ WikiLeaks revelation: This is how the CIA can allegedly access Apple laptops . In: Spiegel Online . March 23, 2017 ( spiegel.de [accessed April 15, 2019]).
- ↑ heise online: Vault 7: CIA is mad at Wikileaks. Retrieved April 15, 2019 .
- ↑ WikiLeaks revelations "Vault 7": charges against ex-CIA employees. Spiegel Online, June 19, 2018, accessed December 4, 2019 .