Year Zero is the first set of leaks provided by Wikileaks as part of the greater Vault 7 effort to reveal the inner working of the US Central Intelligence Agency.
Interestingly, the term Year Zero refers to the notion of discarding all traditions and norms in a society to start over from scratch.
I’ve been pouring over the leaks since they were released earlier this morning.
Here are the highlights from Year Zero:
REVEALED: U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt is a covert CIA hacker base #Wikileaks #Vault7 #CIA pic.twitter.com/RJYA93trWp
— Reinhard (@Reinhard_Wolff) March 7, 2017
A look inside #Vault7.
Most of the pdfs are highly technical and relate to coding, hacking, etc. #wikileaks pic.twitter.com/d0Y7hP9nAX
— Reinhard (@Reinhard_Wolff) March 7, 2017
#CIA organizational chart found in #Vault7 thanks to #Wikileaks.
(See second picture for context.) pic.twitter.com/7pxq5hAgzc
— Reinhard (@Reinhard_Wolff) March 7, 2017
#Vault7 contains detailed information on #CIA hacking methods. #wikileaks pic.twitter.com/5Ji6dZZx9s
— Reinhard (@Reinhard_Wolff) March 7, 2017
By 2016, #CIA hackers utilized more code than that used to run Facebook.
The #CIA effectively created its own NSA. #Vault7 #Wikileaks pic.twitter.com/4HTgjGst77
— Reinhard (@Reinhard_Wolff) March 7, 2017
#CIA‘s hacking division freed it from having to disclose its operations to the NSA, its main bureaucratic rival. #Vault7 #Wikileaks pic.twitter.com/F9aazLiQ6p
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