The WikiLeaks whistleblowing website on Wednesday released a new batch of CIA documents from the so-called Vault 7 project, showing how ELSA malware is allegedly used by US intelligence services to collect geolocation data from WiFi-enabled devices. According to the statement, the malware, once it is persistently installed on a targeted device, does not have to be connected to the internet to continue collection of data.
The whistleblowing platform released what appears to be the CIA’s user manual for the ELSA project as evidence.
WikiLeaks began releasing Vault 7 on March 7, with the first full part comprising 8,761 documents. The previous release took place on June 22 and was dedicated to the CIA “Brutal Kangaroo” hacking tool.
— source sputniknews.com