WikiLeaks promises to give tech companies access to details of CIA hacking arsenal

WikiLeaks, through Julian Assange, has stated that it will give tech companies access to technical details of the hacking tools used by the CIA. This would enable companies such as Google and Apple to remedy vulnerabilities.

According to Assange, this involves “exclusive access” to “some of the technical details” that the platform holds, without going into detail. The WikiLeaks figurehead also claims that the platform does not release the tools itself because “it does not want journalists and others, our sources, to be hacked with these weapons.” Assange made his statements during a press conference, USAToday writes.

Apple, Google and Samsung are working to close the vulnerabilities described in the documents. Apple has said that to a large extent has already done so and the same applies to Google, according to a statement to TechCrunch. Samsung is still investigating the vulnerabilities of its smart TVs.

According to Assange, it is a disgrace that the CIA had its entire arsenal of hacking tools in one place and had not sufficiently secured it. WikiLeaks released a first batch of 8,761 documents on Tuesday as part of the Vault 7 series. The site claims it has details of the CIA’s entire hacking arsenal, including malware, systems, cyberweapons and zero-days deployed by the service. The files are said to come from the CIA’s Center for Cyber ​​Intelligence in Langley.