'We are extremely concerned and we are following it closely.'įILE - House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. 'This is early on into the investigation but these appear to be very, very serious,' House Intelligence Committee chairman Devin Nunes, a Republican, told reporters late Tuesday.

'Langley is in full damage assessment mode,' he said. intelligence official told VOA that the CIA is scrambling to find out who leaked the trove and how.

intelligence official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told VOA that a CIA contractor is suspected of being the source of the leak.Īnother recently retired U.S. government hackers and that one then shared them with WikiLeaks.Ī U.S. In a statement, WikiLeaks said the CIA 'lost control of the majority of its hacking arsenal.' The group added the spy agency's cybertools had been disseminated among some former U.S. VOA was unable to independently verify the authenticity of the 8,771 documents published on the WikiLeaks website, but cybersecurity experts and former intelligence officials said many of the documents appeared to be real. The online whistleblower organization WikiLeaks Tuesday published thousands of pages of what it described as 'the entire hacking capacity' of the U.S. But former intelligence officials say, at least for now, it is unlikely the apparent leak will do significant damage to U.S. intelligence community is stoking renewed fears about the ability to secure classified information. The latest alleged bombshell meant to send shockwaves through the U.S.

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