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Tuesday, March 07, 2017

CIA 'Weeping Angel' program can hack smart TVs, WikiLeaks says



BY CHRISTOPHER BRENNAN

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Updated: Wednesday, March 8, 2017, 1:31 AM



Unverified WikiLeaks documents show the CIA working on hacking smart TVs. (DAVID BECKER/GETTY IMAGES)

You watch TV — but your TV could also be capable of spying on you.

A trove of documents released Tuesday by WikiLeaks claim that a CIA surveillance program can target everyday electronic gadgets — including smart TVs, smartphones and even cars.

The spy program can snoop on unsuspecting Americans, WikiLeaks says, by turning the gadgets into recording devices that can capture conversations.

The agency’s “Weeping Angel” program — believed to be developed along with British agency MI5 — allegedly captured audio, but not video, after the Samsung smart TVs were compromised.

WikiLeaks releases thousands of alleged CIA hacking documents