WikiLeaks Dismantles False BuzzFeed Article In One Tweet

By Jack Burns

Last week, WikiLeaks dumped what seems to be authentic CIA documents which revealed, among other things, that the spy agency has a way of hacking into smart TVs in order to spy on targeted persons of interest. The data dump, known as the Vault 7 release, also showed the CIA has the ability to hack into Apple phones as well. While the conjugation of the verb is apparently incorrect, when Buzzfeed News recently posted a tweet with an attached story which stated Apple had patched its IOS vulnerabilities described in Vault 7, WikiLeaks responded with a tweet of its own.

The agency, committed to forcing governments to operate with transparency, called Buzzfeed “fakenews” and stated Apple had not been able to patch those weaknesses in its operating system.

In Buzzfeed’s own article Apple states: “…our initial analysis indicates that many of the issues leaked today were already patched in the latest iOS…” — not all the issues, as Buzzfeed implied.

At one point, the FBI admitted it had not developed the capability to get into the Apple IOS. Readers may recall James Comey had actually petitioned Congress to force Apple to cooperate with the FBI and help the investigative bureau unlock one of the San Bernardino terrorist’s iPhones. Then, abruptly, Comey withdrew his request to mandate Apple to cooperate. As a result, those who were following the story began to speculate the FBI had found another way to get inside the phone.

With the WikiLeaks data dump last week, the world now knows that Apple’s proprietary operating system is vulnerable to attack, and there’s nothing anyone can do about it. For years, iPhone and Apple users have been under the impression their operating system was not vulnerable to attack from viruses, spyware, or malware. And for decades now, there’ve been very few issues to cause concern or alarm. But that all changed last week with the revelation the government can penetrate their defenses at will.

According to WikiLeaks, there are 14 exploits the CIA can and does use to gain access to IOS data. The hacking tools have eclectic names as well. Three are named Sal, Rhino, and Ironic, and the archive demonstrates the CIA was in the business of paying certain entities for the rights to the program and its uses.

Even Wired reiterated what Buzzfeed stated, that the company (Apple) had fixed the problems which the world’s most powerful spy agency exploited.

In the iOS documents: the security issues detailed are all given codenames, such as the Elderpiggy, Juggernaut, and Winterspy. Listed in the details are the types of exploit (e.g. API); the types of access the code run (kernel and remote exploits are featured); what version of iOS the flaw works for; descriptions of the issues; and who it was found by (GCHQ, the NSA, and more are featured). Apple has since said the flaws highlighted in the documents had already been fixed in past patches.

The government’s spin machine was in full force over the weekend, with the former CIA deputy director, Mike Morrell, calling it an “inside job” and said Americans should, “be proud that their intelligence agency has developed these capabilities to collect intelligence on our adversaries who are trying to undermine our security and in some cases kill Americans. So I think that is how the average American should think about it.” He also said earlier that Americans shouldn’t be worried about the CIA’s hacking operations, saying they’re not permitted to target American nationals.

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Well, Mr. Morrell, if that’s your real name, and if you’re no longer with the agency, it makes no difference to any free thinker. We don’t want any intelligence agency operative, former or not, telling us how we should think, especially one which is a part of an intelligence community which has reportedly been known to spy on all Americans.

Jack Burns writes for TheFreeThoughtProject.com, where this article first appeared.


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8 Comments on "WikiLeaks Dismantles False BuzzFeed Article In One Tweet"

  1. Nice try, Buzzfeed. I guess they try peddling fake news to appear mainstream. Worst of both worlds.

  2. 9/11 Truth used to be widely understood as the best litmus test we had of genuine proponents of Truth, Liberty, and Transparency. It’s wicked crazy Assange, being overtly hostile to 9/11 Truth, is not questioned about this in the alternative media.

    Belfast Telegraph July 19, 2010 http://911blogger.com/news/2010-07-22/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-annoyed-911-truth
    Julian Assange: “I’m constantly annoyed that people are distracted by false conspiracies such as 9/11, when all around we provide evidence of real conspiracies, for war or mass financial fraud.” What about the Bilderberg conference? “That is vaguely conspiratorial, in a networking sense. We have published their meeting notes.”

    Dr. Michel Chossudovsky of Global Research: Who is Behind Wikileaks? http://www.globalresearch.ca/who-is-behind-wikileaks-2/22389

    • I’m constantly annoyed when I have to see (in passing)… that sappy petulant smug mug of his…replete with his praetorian guards of Rothschild liar/lawyers.

      • Did you notice the t-shirt? Lots of people died from the 9/11 Big Lie and all that it spawned, including the police state.

        • Everything is backwards & upside down…essentially inverted..where Truth = Lie…’doublespeak’ inversion is now the norm
          ie: “give us this day our daily meme'”

  3. Mike Morell, former CIA director, is a member of the Rockefeller/CFR along with Bill Clinton, John McCain and George Soros. See member lists at cfr org.

    • Morell looks like a Geo.Bush Sr ‘Clone’…same reedy voice, ectomorphic physicality & weasel faced, bellicose socio/psychopathic ponerological disposition of lurid conceit, extremely cruel hubris & unrelenting chutzpah (imo)

  4. Resistance is futile. The CIA knows everything. Might as well surrender. Thanks WikiLeaks.

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