{"id":272297,"date":"2017-03-08T14:51:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-08T19:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=272297"},"modified":"2020-10-26T22:10:59","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T02:10:59","slug":"cia-mi5-turned-samsung-tvs-into-spying-devices-even-when-switched-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/lt\/cia-mi5-turned-samsung-tvs-into-spying-devices-even-when-switched-off\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA, MI5 turned Samsung TVs into spying devices, even when switched off"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>If you own any system like that, just unplug it or add a switch to the cord in order to switch the power off easily.<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The CIA and MI5 have the ability to hack certain Samsung smart TVs which can then be operated as a listening device even when the televisions are switched off, the latest WikiLeaks dump has revealed, raising privacy questions for homes across the world.<\/p>\n<p>The high-tech cyber espionage capabilities were detailed in WikiLeaks\u2019 latest data release on Tuesday, which outlined how the CIA and MI5 held a joint workshop in June 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The workshop resulted in the development of covert\u00a0hacking and listening techniques, which were given the codename \u2018Weeping Angel\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The techniques developed were used to hack into the Samsung F8000 smart TV series.<\/p>\n<p>Launched as a premium smart TV in 2013 the F8000 series has the ability to be controlled by the viewer using voice and motion sensors and has been distributed globally.<\/p>\n<p>Samsung has been the top-selling TV brand in the world for the past decade with a global market share of 21 percent as of 2015. The number of F8000\u2019s sold is not known.<\/p>\n<p>According to the documents published by WikiLeaks, audio could be obtained even when the TV appeared to be off, using a \u2018Fake-Off\u2019 mechanism that took control of the LED light.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear from the leak whether the audio was streamed or downloaded. In a section titled \u2018ToDo \/ Future Work\u2019 the document discusses plans to stream audio from the TVs.<\/p>\n<p>Video capture is also listed as planned for future development in the documents.<\/p>\n<p>The document revealed that the CIA and MI5 developed the ability to extract browser and WPA\/Wi-Fi credentials and history, with plans to develop a \u2018Fake-Off\u2019 mechanism for WiFi, enabling them to transfer data even when WiFi appears to be off.<\/p>\n<p>The tools were named \u2018Weeping Angel\u2019 after predatory creatures from the British sci-fi series \u2018Doctor Who\u2019 which take on the form of stone statues before attacking their prey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/379839-cia-listen-samsung-tvs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/379839-cia-listen-samsung-tvs\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: If you own any system like that, just unplug it or add a switch to the cord in order to switch the power off easily. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":281027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-272297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272297\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/lt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}