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Symantec Links CIA Leaks to Cyberattacks in 16 Countries
Symantec Links CIA Leaks to Cyberattacks in 16 Countries
Says Methods Described in Leaks Linked to 'Longhorn' Operations
by Jason Ditz, April 10, 2017
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Internet and computer security company Symantec has issued a statement today related to the Vault 7 WikiLeaks documents leaked from the CIA, saying that the methods and protocols described in the documents are consistent with cyberattacks they’d been tracking for years.
Symantec says they now believe that the CIA hacking tool Fluxwire is a malware that had been known as Corentry, which Symantec had previously attributed to an unknown cyberespionage group called Longhorn, which apparently was the CIA.
They described Longhorn as having been active since at least 2011, and responsible fro attacks in at least 16 countries across the world, targeting governments and NGOs, as well as financial, energy, and natural resource companies, things that would generally be of interest to a nation-state.
While the WikiLeaks themselves have been comparatively short on details, as WikiLeaks continues to share specific vulnerabilities with companies so they can fix them before the details are leaked to the general public, the ability of security companies like Symantec to link the CIA to known hacking operations could prove to be even more enlightening as to the scope of CIA cyber-espionage the world over.
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Just another reminder of the hypocrisy of the US government.
They were behind stuxnet and hacking Iran and same nation tries to use hacks it can't even link to invade and launch wars against other nations.
Symantec Links CIA Leaks to Cyberattacks in 16 Countries
Says Methods Described in Leaks Linked to 'Longhorn' Operations
by Jason Ditz, April 10, 2017
Print This | Share This
Internet and computer security company Symantec has issued a statement today related to the Vault 7 WikiLeaks documents leaked from the CIA, saying that the methods and protocols described in the documents are consistent with cyberattacks they’d been tracking for years.
Symantec says they now believe that the CIA hacking tool Fluxwire is a malware that had been known as Corentry, which Symantec had previously attributed to an unknown cyberespionage group called Longhorn, which apparently was the CIA.
They described Longhorn as having been active since at least 2011, and responsible fro attacks in at least 16 countries across the world, targeting governments and NGOs, as well as financial, energy, and natural resource companies, things that would generally be of interest to a nation-state.
While the WikiLeaks themselves have been comparatively short on details, as WikiLeaks continues to share specific vulnerabilities with companies so they can fix them before the details are leaked to the general public, the ability of security companies like Symantec to link the CIA to known hacking operations could prove to be even more enlightening as to the scope of CIA cyber-espionage the world over.
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Just another reminder of the hypocrisy of the US government.
They were behind stuxnet and hacking Iran and same nation tries to use hacks it can't even link to invade and launch wars against other nations.
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