{"id":67866,"date":"2017-03-07T11:09:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T15:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=67866"},"modified":"2017-03-07T11:09:49","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T15:09:49","slug":"vault-7-wikileaks-releases-year-zero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=67866","title":{"rendered":"VAULT 7: WikiLeaks releases &#8216;Year Zero&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"clearfix\">\n<h1>What is Vault 7? WikiLeaks releases &#8216;Year Zero&#8217; files as part of &#8216;largest ever&#8217; CIA leak<\/h1>\n<h3>WIKILEAKS says its new series of leaked documents, mysteriously known as Vault 7, will be &#8220;largest intelligence publication in history&#8221;. But what is Vault 7 and what does the Year Zero part of the series reveal?<\/h3>\n<p>By ALICE FOSTER<br \/>\nEXPRESS<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"ctx_content p402_premium\" data-type=\"article-body\">\n<div class=\"clearfix hR new-style\">\n<p class=\"withoutCaption\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/78\/590x\/776066_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-w=\"590\" data-h=\"350\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"photo-caption nointellitxt ctx_blocked defaultLeft\">Getty<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"photo changeSpace\"><span class=\"newsCaption\">What is Vault7? WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange releases &#8216;Year Zero&#8217; leaked documents<\/span><\/h3>\n<section class=\"text-description\">In the build-up to the bombshell announcement today, WikiLeaks\u2019 Twitter account posted a cryptic question: \u201cWhat is Vault 7?&#8221;A statement from WikiLeaks announced: \u201cToday, Tuesday 7 March 2017, WikiLeaks begins its new series of leaks on the US Central Intelligence Agency.\u201cCode-named \u2018Vault 7\u2019 by WikiLeaks, it is the largest ever publication of confidential documents on the agency.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"text-description\">\u201cThe first full part of the series, \u2018Year Zero\u2019, comprises 8,761 documents and files from an isolated, high-security network situated inside the CIA&#8217;s Center for Cyber Intelligence in Langley, Virgina.&#8221;WikiLeaks said: \u201c\u2018Year Zero\u2019 introduces the scope and direction of the CIA&#8217;s global covert hacking program, its malware arsenal and dozens of \u2018zero day\u2019 weaponized exploits against a wide range of US and European company products.&#8221;It added that the products included Apple&#8217;s iPhone, Google&#8217;s Android and Microsoft&#8217;s Windows and even Samsung TVs, &#8220;which are turned into covert microphones\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">RELEASE: Vault 7 Part 1 &quot;Year Zero&quot;: Inside the CIA&#39;s global hacking force <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h5wzfrReyy\">https:\/\/t.co\/h5wzfrReyy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N2lxyHH9jp\">pic.twitter.com\/N2lxyHH9jp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks\/status\/839100679625060353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 7, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"text-description\">In a statement, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said: &#8220;There is an extreme proliferation risk in the development of cyber &#8216;weapons&#8217;.\u201cComparisons can be drawn between the uncontrolled proliferation of such &#8216;weapons&#8217;, which results from the inability to contain them combined with their high market value, and the global arms trade.\u201cBut the significance of \u2018Year Zero\u2019 goes well beyond the choice between cyberwar and cyberpeace. The disclosure is also exceptional from a political, legal and forensic perspective.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Internet users around the world are now able to download the Year Zero documents after the passphrase was made public earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Assange was not able reveal the contents of Vault 7 during a online press conference because the live stream fell victim to a cyber attack.<\/p>\n<p>WikiLeaks tweeted: &#8220;As Mr Assange&#8217;s Perscipe+Facebook video stream links are under attack, his video press conference will be rescheduled.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the pubilcation, WikiLeaks said: &#8220;Today&#8217;s pending publication contains elements that will be of interest to all tech journalists.&#8221;WikiLeaks said: \u201cRecently, the CIA lost control of the majority of its hacking arsenal including malware, viruses, trojans, weaponized &#8220;zero day&#8221; exploits, malware remote control systems and associated documentation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"text-description\">\u201cThis extraordinary collection, which amounts to more than several hundred million lines of code, gives its possessor the entire hacking capacity of the CIA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe archive appears to have been circulated among former US government hackers and contractors in an unauthorized manner, one of whom has provided WikiLeaks with portions of the archive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch is the scale of the CIA&#8217;s undertaking that by 2016, its hackers had utilized more code than that used to run Facebook,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The source wishes to initiate a public debate about the security, creation, use, proliferation and democratic control of cyberweapons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce a single cyber &#8216;weapon&#8217; is &#8216;loose&#8217; it can spread around the world in seconds, to be used by rival states, cyber mafia and teenage hackers alike.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"p402_hide external-gallery v2-cta nointellitxt ctx_blocked\" data-action=\"external-gallery\" data-target=\"\/pictures\/slideshow\/7507\" data-gallery=\"7507\" data-galleryid=\"7507\" data-gallerylink=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/pictures\/galleries\/7507\/WikiLeaks-Julian-Assange-facts-pictures\" data-galleryimgid=\"160034\" data-galleryimg=\"http:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/galleries\/x701\/160034.jpg\" data-gallerydesc=\"WikiLeaks Founder, Julian Assange has led a very interesting and controversial life which has been at the centre of global debate\" data-gallerytitle=\"Things you may not know about Julian Assange \" data-gallerymetatitle=\"WikiLeaks Julian Assange facts pictures \" data-gallerysectionid=\"105\">\n<div class=\"relative clear slideshow\" data-gallery=\"trigger\">\n<article class=\"galleryShell cf\">\n<header>\n<h1>Things you may not know about Julian Assange<\/h1>\n<p>Tue, March 7, 2017<\/p>\n<h2>WikiLeaks Founder, Julian Assange has led a very interesting and controversial life which has been at the centre of global debate<\/h2>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"social_buttons_eg_7507_gig_containerParent\" class=\"shares\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"galleryMainPhotoShell preloader v2\">\n<div class=\"galleryMainPhoto\">\n<h5><var class=\"icoL bigger\"><\/var><var class=\"icoR bigger\"><\/var><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"It is believed that Julian Assange chooses to live in Sweden because the country's media laws are among the world's most protective for journalists\" src=\"http:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/dynamic\/galleries\/x701\/160034.jpg\" alt=\"It is believed that Julian Assange chooses to live in Sweden because the country's media laws are among the world's most protective for journalists\" data-credit=\"Getty Images\" \/>GETTY IMAGES<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"counter\">\n<p>Here are a series of questions and answers given by the WikiLeaks statement today:<strong>What time period is covered?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe years 2013 to 2016. The sort order of the pages within each level is determined by date (oldest first).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is Vault 7?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Vault 7 is a substantial collection of material about CIA activities obtained by WikiLeaks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>When was each part of Vault 7 obtained?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart one was obtained recently and covers through 2016. Details on the other parts will be available at the time of publication.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the total size of Vault 7?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe series is the largest intelligence publication in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WikiLeaks noted: \u201cThe quantity of published pages in Vault 7 part one (Year Zero) already eclipses the total number of pages published over the first three years of the Edward Snowden NSA leaks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did WikiLeaks obtain each part of Vault 7?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSources trust WikiLeaks to not reveal information that might help identify them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Isn&#8217;t WikiLeaks worried that the CIA will act against its staff to stop the series?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo. That would be certainly counter-productive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why are the Vault 7 files being released now?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWikiLeaks published as soon as its verification and analysis were ready.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn February the Trump administration has issued an Executive Order calling for a \u2018Cyberwar\u2019 review to be prepared within 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the review increases the timeliness and relevance of the publication it did not play a role in setting the publication date.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"p402_hide htmlappend\">\n<section class=\"text-description\">\n<section>\n<h3 class=\"vjs-headline\">Assange: Source for the emails was not Russian government<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"vjs-headline\"><strong>What has WikiLeaks released before?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>WikiLeak has recently posted a set of US Government &#8216;wanted&#8217; posters for Mr Assange, WikiLeaks&#8217; source Chelsea Manning and National Security Agency (NSA) mole Edward Snowden.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<section class=\"text-description\">At the start of the year, WikiLeaks vowed to drop a huge bombshell that would blow the world away in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you thought 2016 was a big WikiLeaks year, 2017 will blow you away,\u201d WikiLeaks tweeted in January, adding that a &#8220;showdown&#8221; was coming.<\/p>\n<p>WikiLeaks&#8217; last significant release was the publication of thousands of emails from the gmail account of Hillary Clinton&#8217;s account manager John Podesta in the run up to the US election.<\/p>\n<p>The constant stream of WikiLeaks emails hit Mrs Clinton\u2019s campaign hard and helped turn public opinion against her, paving the way for Donald Trump&#8217;s victory.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Assange has repeatedly said that the Russian Government was not its source for leaks during the US election campaign.<\/p>\n<p>He remains under political asylum in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/776066\/Vault-7-what-is-Year-Zero-release-latest-WikiLeaks-Julian-Assange-announcement\">http:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/776066\/Vault-7-what-is-Year-Zero-release-latest-WikiLeaks-Julian-Assange-announcement<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Vault 7? 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