Wikileaks Dismantles False BuzzFeed Article In One Tweet

When Buzzfeed News recently posted a tweet with an attached story which stated Apple had patched its IOS vulnerabilities described in Vault 7, WikiLeaks responded with a tweet of its own.

Jack Burns
By Jack Burns
Julian Assange

Last week, WikiLeaks dumped what seems to be authentic CIA documents which revealed, among other things, that the spy agency has a way of hacking into smart TVs in order to spy on targeted persons of interest. The data dump, known as the Vault 7 release, also showed the CIA has the ability to hack into Apple phones as well. While the conjugation of

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British Foreign Secretary: “No Evidence” Of Russian Disruption Of UK Democracy

“But what we do have is plenty of evidence that the Russians are capable of doing that,”

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By ZeroHedge.com
And MintPress News Desk
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson speaks to the media during a joint news conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016.

Echoing the numerous initial comments from various US intelligence probes, UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told British ITV that "we have no evidence the Russians are actually involved in trying to undermine our democratic processes..." However, careful to toe the propaganda line, Johnson quickly retorted..."But what we do have is plenty of

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WikiLeaks Holds Press Conference On CIA Hack, Will Share Hacking Tools With Tech Firms

Wikileaks has announced that Assange will share details on the CIA’s hacking tools with the tech industry before releasing them to the general public.

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange stands on the balcony of the Ecuadorean Embassy to addresses waiting supporters and media in London, Friday, Feb. 5, 2016.

(REPORT) --- On Tuesday morning, at the same time that Wikileaks was releasing the contents of "Vault 7" CIA-document dump, it was supposed to hold a press conference, which however was said to have suffered terminal technical difficulties. As a result, Wikileaks delayed it until now, at 9:45am Eastern on Thursday. Watch it live

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The Hunt Begins: FBI Mobilizes To Find Source Of Wikileaks’ Vault 7

Yesterday’s Wikileaks release, which detailed the scope of the CIA’s hacking capabilities, has sent the U.S. government on a search for the source of the leak. However, the government has yet to respond to the concerns that have been raised by the contents of the leak.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
The seal of the Central Intelligence Agency at CIA headquarters in Langley, Va. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

WASHINGTON, DC -- The transparency advocate group Wikileaks has made plenty of enemies in the U.S. government over the years, but yesterday’s events likely earned them several more. Wikileaks’ recent publication of the “Vault 7” files details the CIA’s technological capabilities, including its arsenal of sophisticated hacking tools and its

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Snowden: What The Wikileaks Revelations Show Is “Reckless Beyond Words”

“Mr. Snowden provided a briefing book on U.S. surveillance, but the CIA leaks could provide the blueprints.”

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Unlike the Green Party’s Jill Stein, not one Republican or Democratic nominee has voiced any support for the NSA whistleblower or shown any willingness to allow him to return to the U.S. as a free man. (Photo: Tony Webster/CC)

(ANALYSIS) --- While it has been superficially covered by much of the press - and one can make the argument that what Julian Assange has revealed is more relevant to the US population, than constant and so far unconfirmed speculation that Trump is a puppet of Putin - the fallout from the Wikileaks' "Vault 7" release this morning of thousands of

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Health Activists Targeted By Israeli Spyware Sold To Mexican Government

A report implicated software produced by Israel’s NSO Group. The Pegasus spyware gives hackers free reign to eavesdrop on calls, harvest messages, activate cameras and drain a phone’s trove of personal data.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Israel NSO spyware

MEXICO CITY (REPORT) — An internet watchdog group said Saturday that a spyware hacking attempt targeted activists who campaigned against soft drinks and junk foods, and purportedly used Israeli-produced software sold to governments. The Citizen Lab based at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs said the attack targeted public

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