WikiLeaks says CIA hacks into devices from iPhones to smart TVs

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (March 8): The Central Intelligence Agency’s hackers have developed tools letting them break into devices from iPhones and Android phones to Samsung “smart” televisions to monitor conversations and messages, according to WikiLeaks.

WikiLeaks, which specializes in disclosing government secrets, posted 8,761 documents and files Tuesday that it said came from the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence.

The trove, if legitimate, discloses malware, viruses, security vulnerabilities known as “zero days” and several hundred million lines of code used by the Central Intelligence Agency. It also reveals that the agency has the ability to break into devices and intercept messages before they can be encrypted by applications such as Facebook Inc.’s WhatsApp, Signal, Telegram and Confide.

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