The latest release from the Wikileaks Vault7 files, widely believed to contain details on the hacking techniques of the CIA, has revealed malware aimed at infecting so-called “air-gapped” PCs, those computers not connected to the internet, using USB sticks. The hacks exposed by Julian Assange’s organization Thursday exploit vulnerabilities similar to those used in the infamous Stuxnet attacks, believed to have been perpetrated by the US and Israel to infect nuclear plants in Iran, which also used thumb drives to spread into critical systems.

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