2017-02-10.7z Guide

: On March 7, 2017, WikiLeaks officially launched "Year Zero" and provided the password to unlock the archive. It contained 8,761 documents and files stolen from an isolated, high-security network within the CIA's Center for Cyber Intelligence.

: The leak prompted a massive FBI manhunt, eventually leading to the conviction of former CIA software engineer Joshua Schulte , who was identified as the source of the data. Vault 7: The CIA’s cyber capabilities escape from the lab 2017-02-10.7z

: The decrypted contents of that file exposed a massive global covert hacking program, including: : On March 7, 2017, WikiLeaks officially launched

: A program developed with the UK’s MI5 that could turn Samsung smart TVs into covert microphones while they appeared to be off. Vault 7: The CIA’s cyber capabilities escape from

: The date in the filename (February 10, 2017) indicates when the archive was finalized for distribution, just weeks before it would paralyze the CIA’s cyber capabilities and force companies like Cisco and Apple to scramble for patches.

: The .7z extension indicates it was compressed using the 7-Zip utility, which supports high-level AES encryption.

The filename refers to a critical piece of the "Vault 7" leak, an massive archive of CIA hacking tools published by WikiLeaks in March 2017.