Latest WikiLeaks release shows how the CIA uses computer code to hide the origins of its hacking attacks and 'disguise them as Russian or Chinese activity'
WikiLeaks published 676 source code files today which it claimed are from CIA
It says the CIA disguised its own hacking attacks to make it appear those responsible were Russian, Chinese, Iranian or North Korean
By Mail Online Reporter
Published: 07:02 EDT, 31 March 2017 | Updated: 07:20 EDT, 31 March 2017
WikiLeaks has published hundreds more files today which it claims show the CIA went to great lengths to disguise its own hacking attacks and point the finger at Russia, China, North Korea and Iran.
The 676 files released today are part of WikiLeaks' Vault 7 tranche of files and they claim to give an insight into the CIA's Marble software, which can forensically disguise viruses, trojans and hacking attacks.
WikiLeaks says the source code suggests Marble has test examples in Chinese, Russian, Korean, Arabic and Farsi (the Iranian language).
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Too late, alas! The yammerheads, media moguls, political hacks and teeming ignorami have made their decision and nothing will dissuade them from holding fast to the opinion that "IT WAS THE RUSSIANS" - even if it wasn't.
Sorry. Better luck in some other century when facts actually mattered in reaching conclusions.
Most people, including mass media, academics, leftist politicians, celebrities (especially) and ordinary working people haven't got the slightest idea how computer/WWW forensic analysis works.
The despots know that the public absolutely abhors not knowing something definitively. Many (most?) people would rather allow themselves to believe something that is not true than to accept an inconclusive result until they have all of the pertinent facts.
This is the new "anti-intellectualism" of the Information Age, partly brought into being by the overload of information. People are so oppressed by information abundance that many feel that they can't tolerate any more feelings of insecurity/uncertainty - so they purchase it even at the price of accepting fiction as reality. Selah!
The truth is probably that nobody will ever be able to know for sure who executed many of the hacks attributed to the Russians - but because it is also impossible to prove that the Russians didn't do it, that is enough for millions of people to accept that as a "reasonable conclusion".
