WikiLeaks Says It Will Work with Tech Firms to Defeat CIA Hacking


WikiLeaks will work with technology companies to help defend them against the CIA's hacking tools, WikiLeaks founder Juliam Assange said Thursday. The approach sets up a potential conflict between Silicon Valley firms eager to protect their products and an agency stung by the radical transparency group’s disclosures.

In an online news conference, Assange acknowledged that some companies had asked for more details about the CIA cyberespionage toolkit whose existence he purportedly revealed in a massive leak published Tuesday.

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