By Dave Burke For Mailonline
CIA hackers have learned how to leave 'fingerprints' to cover their tracks, WikiLeaks has claimed
CIA hackers have learned how to adopt the 'fingerprints' of other intelligence services allowing them to carry out 'false flag' attacks, WikiLeaks has sensationally claimed.
The organization - which yesterday released thousands of documents revealing how intelligence services could break into phones, computers and TVs - said the CIA was able to frame foreign spies and hackers for its own operations.
The false flag allegation could be seized upon by Russia's government, which has denied reports by the FBI and CIA that it interfered with last year's presidential election to get Donald Trump elected.
WikiLeaks claims UMBRAGE, a sub-group of the CIA's Remote Development Branch, has collected in-depth data on hacking techniques used by other powers - which could include Russia and China.
In a statement on the WikiLeaks website, the Russian Federation is specifically named as one of the bodies which might have been infiltrated by American spies.
These techniques can be used, the group claims, to give the impression other parties are guilty of carrying out hacks which are in fact the work of the CIA.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has previously said he is '1,000 per cent' certain that Russia did not carry out hacking operations during the elections.
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