Suspected CIA spying tools linked to hacks in 16 countries

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CIA spying tools exposed by WikiLeaks have been linked to hacking attempts on at least 40 targets in 16 countries, according to Symantec.  Symantec is reporting that the tools are similar with the tactics from an espionage team named Longhorn.   Longhorn has been active since at least 2011, and they use Trojan programs and previously unknown software vulnerabilities to exploit targets.  Symantec stated that some of these targets are government and organizations in the financial, telecom, IT and aerospace sectors.  Some of the victim’s computers were in the Middle East, Europe, Asia, Africa and even in the US, where the CIA is not allowed to conduct electronic surveillance.