WikiLeaks is holding a press conference to address the CIA following the whistleblowing site’s latest leak. Known as ‘Vault 7’, the data dump allegedly revealed the extent of hacking capabilities developed by the CIA.
Ahead of the Thursday press conference, the organization asked people to tweet their questions about the leaks using the hashtag #AskWLwikileaks.
WikiLeaks claims it has so far released less than one percent of the trove.
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Speaking in a Facebook livestream, Assange said the leaked information originated from an isolated computer, separated from others in the network, at CIA headquarters in Virginia. He described the loss of the information as a “historic act of devastating incompetence.”
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