中情局黑客工具與16個國家的40起網絡攻擊有關

The hacking tools used by the Central Intelligence Agency may have been involved in at least 40 cyberattacks in 16 countries, according to the computer security company Symantec.

Symantec said its report issued Monday was based on CIA files released by WikiLeaks last month. It found that tools in WikiLeaks' recent releases have been linked to the electronic infiltration of international, financial, energy and aerospace organizations across the world.

Companies, universities and government departments were all subject to attacks, with the Middle East being the primary target for attacks.

The word "CIA'' was not mentioned in Symantec's post, but few if any doubt that that's where the tools come from. When WikiLeaks began releasing them in early March, it gave an unusually explicit account of how the tools had been taken from the CIA's Center for Cyber Intelligence.

The CIA refused to comment directly on the report by Symantec or on the authenticity of the documents released by WikiLeaks. Instead, a spokesman defended the agency's efforts to "aggressively collect foreign intelligence," and said the U.S. public should be "deeply troubled" by WikiLeaks' behavior.據計算機安全公司賽門鐵克的一份報告，美國中央情報局使用的黑客工具，可能被用於16個國家發生的至少40起網絡攻擊事件。

賽門鐵克表示，他們星期一發表的報告是基於維基解密網站上個月發佈的中情局文件。該公司發現，維基解密網站最近公佈的黑客工具和全世界各地發生的電子侵入國際、金融、能源和航空航天機構事件有關。

公司、大學和政府部門都是攻擊的目標，中東地區是網絡攻擊的首要目標地區。

賽門鐵克公司的報告中沒有提及“中情局”，但是幾乎沒有人懷疑中情局是這些黑客工具的來源地。維基解密網站3月初開始公佈這些黑客工具時，該網站不同尋常地說明了這些工具是如何從中情局網絡情報中心獲取的。

中情局拒絕對賽門鐵克公司的報告或者維基解密網站公佈文件的真實性直接發表評論。中情局一位發言人爲該機構“積極蒐集外國情報”的努力進行了辯護，表示美國公衆應當對維基解密的行爲“深感憂慮”。