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Tech giants Apple, Samsung and Microsoft have responded to the revelations that their products have been compromised by the CIA.
Wikileaks on Tuesday published 8,761 documents dubbed ‘Year Zero’, the first part in a series of leaks on the agency that Wikileaks has dubbed ‘Vault 7’.
The whistleblowing foundation claims the document dump reveals full details of the CIA’s ‘global covert hacking program ‘, including ‘weaponised exploits’ used against operating systems including Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, Windows and « even Samsung TVs, which are turned into cover microphones ».
The documents claim that CIA’s Mobile Devices Branch has created multiple tools for hacking both Android and iOS smartphones, enabling it to remotely acquire location data, audio and text communications, and to switch on the phones’ camera and microphones at will.
While Google has yet to comment, Apple has released a statement and claims it has already fixed many of the vulnerabilities exploited by the CIA.
« The technology built into today’s iPhone represents the best data security available to consumers, and we’re constantly working to keep it that way, » a spokesperson told the BBC .
« Our products and software are designed to quickly get security updates into the hands of our customers, with nearly 80 per cent of users running the latest version of our operating system.
« While our initial analysis indicates that many of the issues leaked today were already patched in the latest iOS, we will continue work to rapidly address any identified vulnerabilities.
