{"id":67974,"date":"2017-03-07T18:43:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T22:43:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=67974"},"modified":"2017-03-07T18:44:14","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T22:44:14","slug":"snowden-on-wikileaks-year-zero-evidence-us-govt-pays-to-keep-software-unsafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/?p=67974","title":{"rendered":"Snowden on WikiLeaks Year Zero: Evidence US govt pays to keep &#8216;software unsafe&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"article__heading\">Snowden on WikiLeaks Year Zero: Evidence US govt pays to keep &#8216;software unsafe&#8217;<\/h1>\n<p><!--more--><div id=\"attachment_67975\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/58bef707c361882e368b464e.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67975\" src=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/58bef707c361882e368b464e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"500\" class=\"size-full wp-image-67975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/58bef707c361882e368b464e.jpg 900w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/58bef707c361882e368b464e-300x167.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/58bef707c361882e368b464e-768x427.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-67975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Edward Snowden \u00a9 Brendan McDermid \/ Reuters<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nRT.com<\/p>\n<p>Edward Snowden has tweeted his response to WikiLeaks\u2019 massive dump of confidential documents surrounding CIA hacking tools, describing it as \u201cgenuinely a big deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Still working through the publication, but what <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Wikileaks<\/a> has here is genuinely a big deal. Looks authentic.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Edward Snowden (@Snowden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Snowden\/status\/839157182872576000?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<p>Snowden, who has lived in exile since he blew the lid off the scale of National Security Agency surveillance in 2013, has been pouring through the cache of more than 8,000 documents, saying that they<em> \u201cshow iOS\/Android are what got hacked \u2013 a much bigger problem.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PSA: This incorrectly implies CIA hacked these apps \/ encryption. But the docs show iOS\/Android are what got hacked &#8211; a much bigger problem. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bw9AkBpOdt\">https:\/\/t.co\/Bw9AkBpOdt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Edward Snowden (@Snowden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Snowden\/status\/839155787226316800?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<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<p>The former NSA employee is also convinced that the revelations exposed in this latest massive WikiLeaks dump are genuine, tweeting that only a cleared insider could know the names of programs and offices used by the agency.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">What makes this look real?<br \/>Program &amp; office names, such as the JQJ (IOC) crypt series, are real. Only a cleared insider could know them.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Edward Snowden (@Snowden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Snowden\/status\/839159736977227777?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<\/div>\n<p>The whistleblower also claims that this is the first public evidence that the United States government is secretly paying to keep US software unsecured.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you&#39;re writing about the CIA\/<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wikileaks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Wikileaks<\/a> story, here&#39;s the big deal: first public evidence USG secretly paying to keep US software unsafe. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kYi0NC2mOp\">pic.twitter.com\/kYi0NC2mOp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Edward Snowden (@Snowden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Snowden\/status\/839168025517522944?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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The CIA reports show the USG developing vulnerabilities in US products, then intentionally keeping the holes open. Reckless beyond words.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Edward Snowden (@Snowden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Snowden\/status\/839171129331830784?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<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why is this dangerous? Because until closed, any hacker can use the security hole the CIA left open to break into any iPhone in the world. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xK0aILAdFI\">https:\/\/t.co\/xK0aILAdFI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Edward Snowden (@Snowden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Snowden\/status\/839172609484914688?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><br \/>\n___<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rt.com\/viral\/379769-snowden-responds-wikileaks-dump\/\">http:\/\/www.rt.com\/viral\/379769-snowden-responds-wikileaks-dump\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Snowden on WikiLeaks Year Zero: Evidence US govt pays to keep &#8216;software unsafe&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation2012.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}