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title: ""Hackers at the Central Intelligence Agency, with the help of…"
date: 2019-06-18
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# "Hackers at the Central Intelligence Agency, with the help of…

*June 18, 2019 · Facebook*

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[https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8qbq5x/the-cia-spied-on-people-through-their-smart-tvs-leaked-documents-reveal](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8qbq5x/the-cia-spied-on-people-through-their-smart-tvs-leaked-documents-reveal){target="_blank"}
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\"Hackers at the Central Intelligence Agency, with the help of colleagues from the British spy agency MI5, developed malware to secretly spy on targets through their Samsung Smart TVs, according to new documents published by WikiLeaks.\
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The CIA and MI5 called the project to spy on Samsung Smart TVs \"Weeping Angel,\" perhaps a reference to Doctor Who, where weeping angels are \"the deadliest, most powerful, most malevolent life-form ever produced.\" The malware was designed to keep the smart TVs on even when they were turned off. This was dubbed \"Fake-Off mode,\" according to the documents. The CIA hackers even developed a way to \"suppress\" the TVs LED indicators to improve the \"Fake-Off\" mode.\"\
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Via @\[311403:2048:Jonathan Cain\]\
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[https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8qbq5x/the-cia-spied-on-people-through-their-smart-tvs-leaked-documents-reveal](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8qbq5x/the-cia-spied-on-people-through-their-smart-tvs-leaked-documents-reveal){target="_blank"}
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