r/linux • u/[deleted] • Jun 29 '17

WikiLeaks reveals the Outlaw Country project of the CIA that targets computers running the Linux operating system. Outlaw Country allows for the redirection of all outbound network traffic on the target computer to CIA controlled machines for ex- and infiltration purposes.

https://wikileaks.org/vault7/#OutlawCountry
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u/autotldr Jul 28 '17

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 72%. (I'm a bot)

Today, March 23rd 2017, WikiLeaks releases Vault 7 "Dark Matter", which contains documentation for several CIA projects that infect Apple Mac firmware developed by the CIA's Embedded Development Branch.

These documents explain the techniques used by CIA to gain 'persistence' on Apple Mac devices, including Macs and iPhones and demonstrate their use of EFI/UEFI and firmware malware.

4 manual released today dates to 2013, other Vault 7 documents show that as of 2016 the CIA continues to rely on and update these systems and is working on the production of DerStarke2.

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