Expert analyzes latest WikiLeaks release

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A Georgia-based company said they’ve been incredibly busy ever since WikiLeaks released what appear to be some of the CIA’s most important spy methods.

Jake Williams is a security analyst and is the founder of Rendition InfoSec.

The company helps corporations around the world, including some in Charlotte discover and prevent hackers.

Williams told Channel 9 on Tuesday corporations are most likely to be targeted and more so by copycats rather than the CIA.

“We're going to see copycat attackers utilizing those techniques and code so the clock is ticking for us," Williams said.

Now the company is working on counter measures that would help his clients detect techniques like the ones leaked by WikiLeaks.

Those methods detailed in the documents include tapping into smart televisions, smart phones and other devices such as iPads, as well as computer systems in cars.

Smart televisions can be turned into listening devices when they appear to be off and smart phones can allow a user’s location to be tracked, according to the documents.

Text messages and apps can also be accessed. The documents also say the CIA is working on a program to hack into cars, conceivably turning them into, “nearly undetectable assassinations.”

Williams told Channel 9 he believes the documents are legitimate.

“This means somebody is leaking in the CIA, leaking classified data” Williams said. “I think it means in the short term that our intelligence collection capabilities in the U.S. have taken a hit."

Williams added people at home are likely not the target of the CIA or any copycats so shouldn’t be too concerned. Still, he believes the threat is there.

“Today, we've taken lots of taxpayer funded research that's out in the open, and other attackers with less regulatory oversight are going to use these same techniques against us tomorrow,” Williams said.

The CIA has not said if the documents are legitimate.

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