WikiLeaks is at it again, this time unveiling what it claims are more details of a surveillance programme operated by the CIA. <\/p>\n
Specifically, this latest data dump in the Vault 7 series contains information on the CIAs CouchPotato hacking tool. <\/p>\n
This alleged CIA project concerns hacking video streams, its claimed, and is said to target devices running the Windows OS. <\/p>\n
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According to WikiLeaks, CouchPotato is a system for intercepting video chat and security camera streams, and can remotely hack those streams, unlike the previous programme WikiLeaks claimed to uncover: Dumbo. <\/p>\n
Dumbo was said to relate to the CIAs ability to hack and mute microphones and disrupt webcam recordings, and required the physical addresses of the devices it targeted. <\/p>\n
But CouchPotato can, according to WikiLeaks, target IP-based surveillance cameras, and since the operator has the specific URLs for the video streams, those being targeted could theoretically be entirely unaware of any CIA intrusion. <\/p>\n
WikiLeaks user guide for the latest revelations state:CouchPotato is a remote tool for collection against RTSP\/H.264 video streams. <\/p>\n
It provides the ability to collect either the stream as a video file (AVI) or capture still images (JPG) of frames from the stream that is of significant change from a previously captured frame. <\/p>\n
Using CouchPotato, WikiLeaks says the CIA cansave specific video streams in AVI format or as JPEG images. <\/p>\n
Whats more, the system is also supposedly capable of identifying movement in a video and only saving those specific parts cutting out any time periods where there was no activity. <\/p>\n
How long has this been going on, according to WikiLeaks? Well, the system apparently dates back to 2014, with only the first version being detailed in the latest data dump. <\/p>\n
Just where the programme is now remains unclear, so it could be the programme was developed or possibly even scrapped as the information seems to indicate CouchPotato put a huge strain on computers system resources. <\/p>\n
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