Hack the CIA, Wi-Fi router or-Wikileaks Classical documents revealed

　The leaked confidential document revealed that the Central Information Bureau (CIA) had been secretly monitoring home, office, and public wireless routers for many years.

　This document is part of a series of confidential documents published by Wikileaks.This document reveals the activities of the CIA elite hacking section called Engineering Development Group.

　In the dozens of files, a map that shows the existence of multiple hacking tool suites, installation guides, manuals, and "confidential", which enables hacking with the CIA network and computer.There is a chart.

　One of these tools, CherryBlossom, states that the target Internet activities are monitored, the browser redirect, e -mail addresses, telephone numbers, and software vulnerabilities.

　Since the router is a relay base for the entire communication network, it is still an important target for both information agencies and hackers.The reason why the router is so targeted is that there are many security vulnerabilities and it is easy to put in.

　According to some documents in 2010, the CIA was "for about 25 types of devices by 10 manufacturers such as ASUS, Belkin, Buffalo, DELLO, D-Link, LinkSys, Motorola, and NetGear."It is said that he was developing an implant.

　The CIA document that leaked this time is written as follows."Generally, once the device manufactures, models, and hardware versions are supported, unless the basic hardware and OS of the device is changed, subsequent firmware and international firmware versions are embedded.Easy "

This article edited an article from overseas CBS Interactive by Asahi Interactive for Japan.