WikiLeaks GOES TO WAR against the CIA with massive new data dump #Vault7

Whoa.

WikiLeaks announced Tuesday morning that it is the process of releasing thousands of classified documents from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency — what they’re calling “Vault 7” — including information alleging that the intelligence agency “lost control of the majority of its hacking arsenal including malware, viruses, trojans, weaponized ‘zero day’ exploits:

RELEASE: Vault 7 Part 1 "Year Zero": Inside the CIA's global hacking force https://t.co/h5wzfrReyy pic.twitter.com/N2lxyHH9jp

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 7, 2017

According to WikiLeaks, the loss of this “arsenal” raises “serious proliferation concerns”:

CIA negligence sees it losing control of all cyber weapons arsenal sparking serious proliferation concerns #Vault7 https://t.co/mHaRNCr3Df pic.twitter.com/lwapDCKYt9

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 7, 2017

WikiLeaks also published information alleging that our consulate in Frankfurt, Germany is a “covert CIA hacker base”:

U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt is a covert CIA hacker base https://t.co/K7wFTdlC82 pic.twitter.com/oqjtcVb56E

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 7, 2017

WikiLeaks also claimed the CIA has hacked Samsung TVs and popular messaging apps like Signal and Confide:

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Jointly developed CIA+MI5 malware infests Samsung smart TVs to turn them into covert microphones #Vault7 pic.twitter.com/Ki0wRlgjPP

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 7, 2017

WikiLeaks #Vault7 confirms CIA can effectively bypass Signal + Telegram + WhatsApp + Confide encryptionhttps://t.co/h5wzfrReyy

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 7, 2017

Read the full press release from WikiLeaks here.