Newly released documents by Wikileaks reveal that the Central Intelligence Agency explored hacking the control systems of modern vehicles, potentially to carry out "undetectable assassinations".

Thanks to a new whistleblower who some are dubbing Snowden 2.0, the whistleblower outfit has leaked8,761 files "from an isolated, high-security network situated inside the CIA's Center for Cyber Intelligence in Langley, Virginia."

One of the documents released as part of the 'Vault 7' dump relates to the CIA's interest in hijacking computerized control systems that are used in modern cars and trucks.

"As of October 2014 the CIA was also looking at infecting the vehicle control systems used by modern cars and trucks. The purpose of such control is not specified, but it would permit the CIA to engage in nearly undetectable assassinations," writes Wikileaks.