Year Zero: Highlights from the First Set of Vault 7 Leaks

Year Zero is the first set of leaks provided by Wikileaks as part of the greater Vault 7 effort to reveal the inner working of the US Central Intelligence Agency.

Interestingly, the term Year Zero refers to the notion of discarding all traditions and norms in a society to start over from scratch.

I’ve been pouring over the leaks since they were released earlier this morning.

Here are the highlights from Year Zero:

REVEALED: U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt is a covert CIA hacker base #Wikileaks #Vault7 #CIA pic.twitter.com/RJYA93trWp

— Reinhard (@Reinhard_Wolff) March 7, 2017

A look inside #Vault7.

Most of the pdfs are highly technical and relate to coding, hacking, etc. #wikileaks pic.twitter.com/d0Y7hP9nAX

— Reinhard (@Reinhard_Wolff) March 7, 2017

#CIA organizational chart found in #Vault7 thanks to #Wikileaks.

(See second picture for context.) pic.twitter.com/7pxq5hAgzc

— Reinhard (@Reinhard_Wolff) March 7, 2017

#Vault7 contains detailed information on #CIA hacking methods. #wikileaks pic.twitter.com/5Ji6dZZx9s

— Reinhard (@Reinhard_Wolff) March 7, 2017

By 2016, #CIA hackers utilized more code than that used to run Facebook.

The #CIA effectively created its own NSA. #Vault7 #Wikileaks pic.twitter.com/4HTgjGst77

— Reinhard (@Reinhard_Wolff) March 7, 2017

#CIA's hacking division freed it from having to disclose its operations to the NSA, its main bureaucratic rival. #Vault7 #Wikileaks pic.twitter.com/F9aazLiQ6p

— Reinhard (@Reinhard_Wolff) March 7, 2017

Yes, the #CIA is interested in hacking your electronics -- including your car, if you prove too much of a nuisance! #Vault7 #Wikileaks pic.twitter.com/YRtxuzZqBD

— Reinhard (@Reinhard_Wolff) March 7, 2017

CIA negligence sees it losing control of all cyber weapons arsenal sparking serious proliferation concerns #Vault7 https://t.co/mHaRNCr3Df pic.twitter.com/lwapDCKYt9

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 7, 2017

CIA illicitly hoarded 'zero day' attacks, putting at risk industry, government and even Trump's Twitter account https://t.co/K7wFTdlC82 pic.twitter.com/miJOPvl7MD

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 7, 2017

CIA's secret hacking division produced a huge amount of weaponized malware to infest iPhone. Android phones--and lost control of it. #Vault7 pic.twitter.com/KmFLEVmbnE

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 7, 2017

CIA steals other groups virus and malware facilitating false flag attacks #Vault7 https://t.co/K7wFTdlC82 pic.twitter.com/Z0nat1Lqsv

— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 7, 2017