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CIA unit that crafts hacking tools didn't protect itself

by Associated Press
| June 17, 2020 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — A specialized CIA unit that developed sophisticated hacking tools and cyber weapons didn’t do enough to protect its own operations and wasn't prepared to adequately respond when the secrets were stolen, according to an internal report prepared after the worst data loss in the intelligence agency’s history.

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