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Wikileaks Unveils 'Cherry Blossom' — Wireless Hacking System Used by CIA
WikiLeaks has published a new batch of the ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time detailing a framework – which is being used by the CIA for monitoring the Internet activity of the targeted systems by exploiting vulnerabilities in Wi-Fi devices. Dubbed "Cherry Blossom," the framework was allegedly designed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with the help of Stanford Research Institute (SRI International), an American nonprofit research institute, as part of its ‘Cherry Bomb’ project.
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As more and more exploits are revealed to exist, it really does begin to feel that we only have the "freedom" to use the internet because the exploit to shut it all down hasn't been implemented yet.
Well, they've been talking openly about a "kill-switch" since 9/11. I'm sure the clandestine research on it goes back well before that.
Aye. One wonders what event will trigger the flipping of that switch.