(RT) — WikiLeaks has released ‘Hive’, the fifth installment in a series of leaks exposing alleged CIA hacking techniques known as ‘Vault 7’. The latest batch consists of six documents.
WikiLeaks describes Hive as a “back-end infrastructure malware with a public-facing HTTPS interface,” used to transfer information from machines targeted by the CIA and to allow commands to be communicated in order to execute specific tasks on those machines.
WikiLeaks notes anti-virus companies and forensic experts have noticed “possible state-actor” malware using similar back-end infrastructure, but were unable to connect the back-end to CIA operations.
The Hive documents released Friday may allow experts to examine this kind of communication between malware implants and backend servers, WikiLeaks says.
RELEASE: Inside the top secret CIA virus control system HIVE https://t.co/Bs6LmsVALzpic.twitter.com/y79IVSukK0
— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) April 14, 2017
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