Google says it’s already fixed many exploits from WikiLeaks’ CIA document dump
Google has fixed many of the vulnerabilities in its
Chrome and Android platforms identified in yesterday’s WikiLeaks dump of
CIA documents, the company said today. In a statement provided to Recode
by Heather Adkins —Google’s Director of Information Security and
Privacy — Google said that it was “confident that security updates and
protections in both Chrome and Android already shield users from many of
these alleged vulnerabilities,” that its analysis of remaining security
flaws was ongoing, and that it would “implement any further necessary
protections.”
Adkins’ statement came a day after WikiLeaks released 8,761 documents and files
it said that it obtained from the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence.
Included in the files were a number of apparent exploits for Google’s
platforms, as well as methods for accessing iOS devices, and Samsung
Smart TVs. Apple released its own statement
a short time after the documents appeared online with a similar message
to Google’s — the company said it had patched out a number of
vulnerabilities already and was working on fixes for remaining problems.
Both Google and Apple said that “many” of the flaws had
been patched, but both companies stopped short of specifying exactly how
many exploits had been removed, and how many still remained in Android,
Chrome, and iOS. Those flaws could — the supposed CIA documents claim —
be used for a range of nefarious purposes, including monitoring
incoming and outgoing communications, tracking users, and even taking
control of their devices.
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