{"id":2243,"date":"2017-04-12T13:19:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T19:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=2243"},"modified":"2017-04-12T13:19:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T19:19:34","slug":"symantec-connects-40-cyber-attacks-to-cia-hacking-tools-exposed-by-wikileaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.the-internet-guy.com\/?p=2243","title":{"rendered":"Symantec Connects 40 Cyber Attacks to CIA Hacking Tools Exposed by Wikileaks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Security researchers have confirmed that the alleged CIA hacking tools<\/a> recently exposed by WikiLeaks have been used against at least 40 governments and private organizations across 16 countries.<\/p>\n

Since March, as part of its “Vault 7<\/a>” series, Wikileaks has published over 8,761 documents and other confidential information that the whistleblower group claims came from the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).<\/p>\n

Now, researchers at cybersecurity company Symantec reportedly<\/a> managed to link those CIA hacking tools to numerous real cyber attacks in recent years that have been carried out against the government and private sectors across the world.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Security researchers have confirmed that the alleged CIA hacking tools recently exposed by WikiLeaks have been used against at least 40 governments and private organizations across 16 countries. Since March, as part of its “Vault 7” series, Wikileaks has published over 8,761 documents and other confidential information that the whistleblower…<\/p>\n

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