Cybersecurity
WikiLeaks Says It Has CIA Spy Tools as McCain Cites Dangers
- Website posts 8,761 documents it says reveal CIA cyber tactics
- CIA spokesman says agency doesn’t comment on authenticity
WikiLeaks Claims to Expose CIA Cyber Spying Techniques
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The Central Intelligence Agency’s hackers have developed tools letting them break into devices to monitor conversations and messages, according to documents released by WikiLeaks that -- if true -- could expose U.S. operations in countries from North Korea to Iran.
“If they can hack into the CIA they can hack into anyone,” Republican Senator John McCain, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said of WikiLeaks. “This is very, very serious.”