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2017 Heavy - WikiLeaks Vault 7 Part 3 Reveals CIA Tool Might Mask Hacks as Russian, Chinese, Arabic
2017 In 2017, secret CIA files published by WikiLeaks revealed that the agency can mask its hacking exploits to make it appear that another country - such as China, or Russia - was responsible.
2017 US federal law enforcement identified CIA software engineer Joshua Adam Schulte as a suspected source of Vault 7, though no formal charges concerning this case have been brought against him.
2018 Newsweek - Who Is Joshua Adam Schulte? Ex-CIA Programmer Facing Child Porn Charges Is Suspect in Vault 7 Leak
2020 United States federal government data breach
2020 WSJ - Ex-CIA Engineer Goes on Trial for Massive Leak Joshua Schulte allegedly gave WikiLeaks a trove of documents revealing secret hacking programs
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2021 Microsoft Exchange Server data breach
2021 Thomson Reuters - At least 10 hacking groups using Microsoft software flaw -researchers
2024 Bloomberg - Microsoft Tells More Clients Russian Hackers Viewed Emails
2024 Fox News - Chinese cyber attacks are intended to 'induce societal panic' across America, security directors tell Congress Director Easterly said Chinese cyber attacks on critical systems are intended to 'induce societal panic'
2024 United States telecommunications hack
He is targeted because he exposed the hacking tools used by the CIA known as Vault 7, exposing that the CIA is able to compromise cars, smart TVs, web browsers and the operating systems of most smart phones,...
He speculated that either the information "somehow leaked" ahead of the Microsoft announcement or it was found by a third party that supplies vulnerability information to cyber spies.
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The leak, which a partially declassified CIA assessment called "the largest data loss in CIA history," was made possible by "woefully lax" security practices at the CIA's top hacker unit, the assessment said.
This more permissive environment may also intensify concerns about the CIA's ability to secure its hacking arsenal. In 2017, WikiLeaks published a large cache of CIA hacking tools known as "Vault 7."
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