CIA malware and hacking tools

Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by alehul on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @08:01PM (#13816880)

It's known that WL will often save some of the worst leaks as an 'insurance' against retaliation from the entity the leaks pertain to. It's likely there's aspects they're holding back from this leak as well, if they don't already hold enough over the U.S. gov.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by erikbye on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @08:09AM (#13819962)

They have already stated in black and white that they have held back a lot concerning this release; due to various concerns. They are completely open about that.

A lot of the stuff they keep to themselves can be used as collateral, like all the names they redact, operational details, etc, but I think they would quickly find themselves in an even more dangerous game than they are now, if they started to exploit these possibilities.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by samstave on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @03:51PM (#13823650)

uhm... what are the current speculations as to what they may be holding back?

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by mirimir on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @09:17PM (#13826306)

It's Manning stuff, I think. And it's not that they're "holding back" stuff. It's been torrented, but encrypted.

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