WikiLeaks claims publication of secret CIA hacking tools

WikiLeaks said on Tuesday it had obtained a top-secret trove of hacking tools used by the CIA to break into phones, communication apps and other electronic devices, and released documents related to those programs.

If verified, the information would amount to yet another stunning breach of classified material stolen in recent years from U.S. intelligence agencies.

Obama says reducing leaker Chelsea Manning's prison term serves justice

President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that former military intelligence analyst Chelsea Manning had served a tough prison term and his decision to commute her 35-year sentence to about seven years served would not signal leniency toward leakers of U.S. government secrets.

Last sure not heard yet! Donald Trump backs Julian Assange over Russia hacking claim

                   

President-elect Donald Trump has backed Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in casting doubt on intelligence alleging Russian meddling in the US election.

Mr Assange said Russia was not the source for the site's mass leak of emails from the Democratic Party.