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| WikiLeaks Reveals CIA Project Designed to take Control of Webcams and Microphones
Details of the CIA's Dumbo project, a system that manipulates devices such as webcams and microphones on Microsoft Windows-operating systems, have been published by WikiLeaks. The program also corrupts video recordings, according to the leaked documents. The whistleblowing organization released the files as part of its Vault 7 series on the CIA's hacking capabilities. According to Wikileaks, the technology is intended for use where the deployment of a special branch within the CIA's Center for Cyber Intelligence could be compromised. Dumbo can identify, control and manipulate monitoring and detection systems on a target computer running the Microsoft Windows operating system, according to the documents. The earliest Dumbo document released by WikiLeaks is dated June 25, 2012. The Tool Delivery Review document states that the