(ZHE) WikiLeaks’ latest Vault 7 release contains a batch of documents, named ‘Marble’, which detail CIA hacking tactics and how they can misdirect forensic investigators from attributing viruses, trojans and hacking attacks to their agency by inserted code fragments in foreign languages. The tool was in use as recently as 2016. Per the WikiLeaks release:
WikiLeaks’ latest Vault 7 release contains a batch of documents, named ‘Marble’, which detail CIA hacking tactics and how they can misdirect forensic investigators from attributing viruses, trojans and hacking attacks to their agency by inserted code fragments in foreign languages. The tool was in use as recently as 2016. Per the WikiLeaks release:
Wikileaks latest Vault 7 release showcases a CIA hacking tool named “Marble”, which is employed by the agency to hamper forensic investigators from attributing viruses, trojans and hacking attacks back to the CIA. Marble was in use as recently as 2016.
According to a statement released by Wikileaks, “Marble” is part of the CIA’s Core Library of malware, consisting of 676 source code files.
