CIA website shortcomings resulted in dozens of deaths, research finds
CIA websites so flawed that even an"amateur" could find them led to the deaths of dozens of assets in China and Iran, research has found.
The Citizen Lab didn't disclose all the details of how it discovered the websites so as to protect the lives of other sources, but researchers listed several blatant defects that made them easy to uncover."The websites included similar Java, JavaScript, Adobe Flash, and CGI artifacts that implemented or apparently loaded covert communications apps. In addition, blocks of sequential IP addresses registered to apparently fictitious US companies were used to host some of the websites.
The compromise extended well beyond networks within China and Iran's borders, as the two governments were able to track U.S. espionage activities across the globe, which may have led to many more sources being uncovered.
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