Sunday, March 12, 2017

Wikileaks CIA Document Dump -- News Updates March 12, 2017



Wall Street Journal: Authorities Question CIA Contractors in Connection With WikiLeaks Dump

Digital trail has pointed investigators to a team of developers working with CIA’s Engineering Development Group

Investigators probing who may have provided WikiLeaks with classified information about the Central Intelligence Agency’s purported computer-hacking techniques are zeroing in on a small number of contractors who have worked for the agency and may have been disgruntled over recent job losses, according to people familiar with the investigation.

Authorities on Thursday questioned a handful of contractors working in at least two locations in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., these people said. Law-enforcement officials said no arrests had been made, but one person familiar with the investigation said it was “rapidly unfolding.”

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Wikileaks CIA Document Dump -- News Updates March 12, 2017

Former CIA contractors investigated over leaks -- RTE
WikiLeaks aids doubters of Russian election hacking -- The Hill
Millennial sources making WikiLeaks’ job easier -- Washington Times
WikiLeaks’ CIA dump makes the Russian hacking story even murkier — if that’s possible -- Danielle Ryan, Salon
WikiLeaks CIA docs show it's not 2017, it's 1984. Now what? -- Ian Sherr, CNET
Who is behind the leak of CIA cybertools to WikiLeaks — and why was it was done? -- Deb Riechmann, AP
WikiLeaks' CIA Document Dump: What You Need to Know -- Eric Killelea, Rolling Stone

1 comment:

Jac said...

I am very cautious with that. It's so easy to make the other side full with fake information....CIA is well known for this kind of " weakness"