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CIA hackers have learned to leave 'fingerprints' which could implicate others, WikiLeaks reports It claims sub-group UMBRAGE has collected data on Russian techniques Russia was accused of interfering in last year's US presidential election WikiLeaks likened 'fingerprinting' to finding similar wounds on multiple murder victims CIA hackers have learned how to adopt the 'fingerprints' of other intelligence services allowing them to carry out 'false flag' attacks, WikiLeaks has sensationally claimed. The organization - which yesterday released thousands of documents revealing how intelligence services could break into phones, computers and TVs - said the CIA was able to frame foreign spies...

"Russian" hacking?........ It could have just as easily been the CIA The CIA's Remote Devices Branch's UMBRAGE group collects and maintains a substantial library of attack techniques 'stolen' from malware produced in other states including the Russian Federation. With UMBRAGE and related projects the CIA cannot only increase its total number of attack types but also misdirect attribution by leaving behind the "fingerprints" of the groups that the attack techniques were stolen from.