Security Industry response to WikiLeaks/CIA breach

[GTP]

http://www.pcauthority.com.au/News/...-industry-in-response-to-cia-data-breach.aspx

 

[Markverhyden]

Found this comment to be interesting.

He questioned whether there was even anything new in the release and speculated that it could even be a ploy to distract the attention of the public and foreign intelligence agencies. “People are talking about the [Weeping Angel] Samsung TV hacking tool, and that was something that was public several years ago,” he said. “That's not something that's going to make you say ‘wow'. It looks like a honeypot strategy – it's deflecting attention from other things.”

 

[Guruz]

I'm stunned that there is so little uproar over the Vault 7 documents.

 

[GTP]

Found this comment to be interesting.

Yes, I did also. The CIA are renowned masters at manipulating and spreading misinformation so I'm sure that anything Wikileaks got would be "out-of-date" and old news now! I'd also wager that what Wikileaks got was probably what the CIA allowed them to have.
An organisation like this would no doubt cover their tracks pretty well.
Some other articles discuss comments by "hackers" on how they achieved certain exploits which were being used up to 7 years ago. Unfortunately, there is no way to prove/disprove the truth of those statements. The CIA could be manipulating the whole scenario?

 

[tucsonpc]

Found this comment to be interesting.

I thought the same thing, looking at the dates and the breaching tools. The leak is just what they wanted to leak. Still, nice to have a little evidence.

 

[Markverhyden]

Here is another article, in the NY Times, which also calls into question how critical this really is.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/opinion/the-truth-about-the-wikileaks-cia-cache.html

 

[GTP]

https://arstechnica.com/security/20...-of-historic-act-of-devastating-incompetence/

This whole thing smacks of brilliant CIA "espionage" tactics. Its already turning into a "who do you believe" circus!
Exactly how the CIA want it?