Cybersecurity
WikiLeaks Adds to Samsung Headaches With Claims of Spying TVs
- Documents claim Samsung ‘smart’ TVs can be used as a bug
- Release comes as company reels from Note 7, graft probe
WikiLeaks Claims Samsung TVs Are Spying on You
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For a company that has been mired in negative headlines for months, just about the last thing Samsung Electronics Co. needed was news its smart TVs could be used to spy on users.
According to documents released by WikiLeaks, that is exactly what the Central Intelligence Agency did with a program called “Weeping Angel.” In essence, it uses a television’s microphone, a feature designed to allow voice commands, to pick up and transmit information while the device appears to be switched off.