The Central Intelligence Agency knew about several flaws in software made by Apple, Google and Samsung and others, but did not tell the companies about them because it wanted to use them for spying, according to anti‑secrecy group WikiLeaks.
Wikileaks says CIA targeted everyday gadget — smartphones and televisions — as part of a surveillance program.
Disclosing vulnerabilities to technology and software manufacturers is supposed to be common practice, so those companies could fix them before hackers took advantage of any loopholes.
But WikiLeaks said the CIA kept the knowledge of the vulnerabilities in Apple, Google and Samsung to itself to use for surveillance.
It did that by hacking phones that use Google's Android platform to collect audio and message traffic before encryption is applied
Targeted everyday gadgets such as smartphones as part of a surveillance program.
Source : abc.net.au
