CIA has stolen spying techniques from Russia

Posted: Mar 8, 2017

attacks which fool targets into thinking they've been hacked by the Kremlin, WikiLeaks documents reveal. CIA hackers have learned to leave "fingerprints" which could implicate others, WikiLeaks reports It claims sub-group UMBRAGE has collected data on Russian techniques Russia was accused of interfering in last year's US presidential election WikiLeaks likened 'fingerprinting' to finding similar wounds on multiple murder victims CIA hackers have learned how to adopt the 'fingerprints' of other intelligence services allowing them to carry out 'false flag' attacks, WikiLeaks has sensationally claimed. The organization - which yesterday released thousands of documents revealing how intelligence services could break into phones, computers and TVs - said the CIA was able to frame foreign spies and hackers for its own operations. A statement from WikiLeaks likened finding hacking culprits to catching a murderer, and said 'fingerprinting' could lead investigators in the wrong direction. It said: 'The CIA's hand crafted hacking techniques pose a problem for the agency. Each technique it has created forms a "fingerprint" that can be used by forensic investigators to attribute multiple different attacks to the same entity. “ This is analogous to finding the same distinctive knife wound on multiple separate murder victims. The unique wounding style creates suspicion that a single murderer is responsible” WikiLeaks statement 'This is analogous to finding the same distinctive knife wound on multiple separate murder victims. The unique wounding style creates suspicion that a single murderer is responsible. 'As soon one murder in the set is solved then the other murders also find likely attribution.' The statement continued to state that the CIA has collected information on techniques used by other nations, including Russia. It said: 'The CIA's Remote Devices Branch's UMBRAGE group collects and maintains a substantial library of attack techniques "stolen" from malware produced in other states including the Russian Federation. 'With UMBRAGE and related projects the CIA cannot only increase its total number of attack types but also misdirect attribution by leaving behind the "fingerprints" of the groups that the attack techniques were stolen from. 'UMBRAGE components cover keyloggers, password collection, webcam capture, data destruction, persistence, privilege escalation, stealth, anti-virus (PSP) avoidance and survey techniques.'.... Assange said Barack Obama was 'trying to delegitimize the Trump administration' by claiming the Russian government hacked Democrats' emails during the bitter presidential election. Speaking with Sean Hannity on Fox News, Assange also reiterated his claims that Russia was not the source of the hacks. He told Hannity 'with a thousand per cent' confidence that the Russian government was not responsible for emails stolen from the Democratic National Committee and John Podesta, Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman.;