A recent release by WikiLeaks has teased some files relating to CIA top secrets according to Julian Assange.
The secrets revealed by the WikiLeaks in the latest article published revealed a total of 8,761 documents which account for “the entire hacking capacity of the CIA”,
According to Mr Assange, the recently released documents are just the beginning of what looks to be a storm of revelation to come in the series of “Vault 7” leaks.
The recently released documents is by far larger than the Snowden files which exposed a vast majority of the hacking powers of the NSA and other security agencies.
The documents published by WikiLeaks claimed that the CIA had “lost control of its arsenal” which included some softwares capable of gaining unparalleled control of computers around the world.
The softwares according to the WikiLeaks is capable of controlling most popular consumer electronics products used today.
“‘Year Zero’ introduces the scope and direction of the CIA’s global covert hacking program, its malware arsenal and dozens of “zero day” weaponized exploits against a wide range of U.S. and European company products, include Apple’s iPhone, Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows and even Samsung TVs, which are turned into covert microphones.”
WikiLeaks further claimed: “In a statement to WikiLeaks the source details policy questions that they say urgently need to be debated in public, including whether the CIA’s hacking capabilities exceed its mandated powers and the problem of public oversight of the agency.
“The source wishes to initiate a public debate about the security, creation, use, proliferation and democratic control of cyberweapons.”