CIA malware and hacking tools

Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by guelo on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @11:55AM (#13812008)

That passage is just dumb. Copyright would not stop hackers from using the tool once it is leaked.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by brodie78382 on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @12:34PM (#13812540)

I think what it's trying to convey is that there's absolutely no legal recourse in any capacity for the CIA at this point to try and do any sort of damage control.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by Sunset on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @02:10PM (#13813576)

I am bemused by the naivete that they would care about legal recourse and not just blackbag you and Gitmo2.0 your posteriors if they felt like it.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by SolarNet on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @03:41PM (#13814639)

That's difficult when a large company like Google or Microsoft use the tools as part of their development process to make their software more secure. These are organizations with a very large megaphone if the CIA did that to their employees.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by Sunset on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @06:28PM (#13816270)

What exactly can Google or Microsoft do to a state actor like CIA that's decided their employees are fair game. Not much.

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