Wikileaks insists it did not publish the actual codes.
Officials within the CIA and FBI will open an investigation to find out how Wikileaks almost 9,000 pages that details the CIA’s hacking operations.
Federal criminal probe being opened into WikiLeaks’ publication of CIA documents
The officials said the FBI and CIA are coordinating reviews of the matter. The investigation is looking into how the documents came into WikiLeaks’ possession and whether they might have been leaked by an employee or contractor. The CIA is also trying to determine if there are other unpublished documents WikiLeaks may have.
New WikiLeaks dump exposes thousands of alleged CIA secrets
The organization claims the documents show how government spies can use cyberspace to spy on people; Benjamin Hall has the story for ‘Special Report’
WikiLeaks Dumps Trove of Purported CIA Hacking Tools
WASHINGTON-WikiLeaks released a massive trove of documents and files Tuesday that it says exposes how the Central Intelligence Agency hacks smartphones, computer operating systems, message applications and internet-connected televisions, in what would be one of the biggest breaches in the spy agency’s history.