Wikileaks’ dump exposes CIA hacking practises

WHILE MANY OF THE SECURITY FLAWS ARE ALREADY FIXED, A LARGE NUMBER REMAIN OPEN.

In the most recent WikiLeaks data dump titled Vault 7 ‘Year Zero’, the whistle-blowing organisation has leaked 8,761 US-government documents that expose a plethora of CIA hacking practises. In particular, the documents expose the agency’s penchant for exploiting Android and iOS devices via ‘zero-day’ exploits or undetected loopholes, as well as turning ‘smart’ TVs into audio-visual recording devices, although we don’t know if these practises are in use.