WASHINGTON (Press TV)-The CIA has routinely used techniques that enable the spy agency’s hackers to stage false-flag operations in cyberspace and leave behind "fingerprints” of hackers from Russia, according to the latest internal documents published by WikiLeaks.
The whistle-blowing website said on Tuesday that it had obtained and published thousands of documents from the Central Intelligence Agency that reveal its hacking and spying secrets.
One section titled "Umbrage” details the CIA’s ability to impersonate cyber-attack techniques used by hackers in Russia and other countries.
The explosive leaks provide potential ammunition to supporters of President Donald Trump, who claim the alleged Russian hacking attacks against the 2016 presidential election could be a false-flag operation carried out by his domestic foes.
In theory, the hacking technique enables the CIA to fake digital forensic fingerprints to make the Russians look guilty of infiltrating the Democratic organizations such as the Democratic National Committee (DNC).
The CIA rules say agency hackers must deploy cyber tools in a way that could not be traced back to the "CIA, U.S. government, or its witting partner companies," according to WikiLeaks.
In addition, the documents showed that the CIA sneaks into high-tech phones and televisions to spy on users around the world.
WikiLeaks claimed that nearly all of the CIA's cyber tools have been stolen and are potentially in the hands of foreign spies and former U.S. government hackers and contractors.
The anti-secrecy website said it published the documents to expose the hazardous ramifications of the CIA's covert hacking program as well as the massive theft of its cyber weapons.
The CIA has declined to confirm whether the documents are genuine.