Vault 7: CIA Malware for Tracking Windows Devices via WiFi Networks

frogboy

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Today, WikiLeaks has published the documentation manual for an alleged CIA tool that can track users of WiFi-capable Windows devices based on the ESS (Extended Service Set) data of nearby WiFi networks.

According to the tool's 42-page manual, the tool's name is ELSA. The manual includes the following image to explain to CIA operatives how the tool works. A summary of an ELSA operation is included below the image.

Full Article. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/ne...r-tracking-windows-devices-via-wifi-networks/
 

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