The latest addition to WikiLeaks’ Vault 7 cache of CIA documents and tools is a user guide for CouchPotato. This project is designed to capture RTSP/H.264 video streams, typically from networked cameras.
The latest addition to WikiLeaks’ Vault 7 cache of CIA documents and tools is a user guide for CouchPotato. This project is designed to capture RTSP/H.264 video streams, typically from networked cameras.
This is rather different to the approach taken with the Dumbo project which required physical access to a computer. The CouchPotato documentation is relatively recent, only dating back to February 14,2014.
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The leaked documents relate to the first version of CouchPotato, and it’s not clear if further versions have been produced that iron out problems. CouchPotato 1.0, for instance, uses a massive amount of CPU time, meaning there is a risk that the activity would be noticed by a target.
The documentation explains:
WikiLeaks says:
More information about CouchPotato is available on the WikiLeaks website .
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