With the CIA's ability to 'breach almost anything connected to the internet' made public, many citizens have begun questioning their devices.

A clip has surfaced showing an anonymous woman asking Amazon's Alexa a series of questions - starting with 'would you lie to me' and finishing with 'Alexa, are you connected to the CIA?'

The virtual assistant swiftly responded to the first question, but shutdown after it was interrogated about its connections with the US government agency.

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ALEXA AND THE CIA A video appeared on Reddit that has people questioning their virtual assistants. A woman is seen asking Amazon's Alexa a series of questions. 'Alexa, would you lie to me,' she asked. ' 'I am not always right, but I would never intentionally lie to you or anyone else,' responded Alexa. 'What is the CIA,' asked the user. Alexa answered, 'The Unites States Central Intelligence Agency, CIA'. 'Aelxa, are you connected to the CIA,' the woman asked. In seconds the smart speaker's activation lights go dark and Alexa shuts down without answering the questions. Advertisement

The video was spotted on Reddit Thursday and has since been sweeping the web.

DailyMail.com contacted Amazon to discuss the issue, which noted that it was a glitch.

'This was a technical glitch which we have fixed,' an Amazon spokesperson told DailyMail.com

'Alexa’s response to this question is: Are you connected to the CIA?'

'No, I work for Amazon.

In the clip, a woman is standing over an Echo Dot and asks 'Alexa, would you lie to me?'

The virtual assistant responds, 'I always try to tell the truth'.

'I am not always right, but I would never intentionally lie to you or anyone else'.

The woman asks it a second question – 'what is the CIA?'

Alexa swiftly responds with 'the Unites States Central Intelligence Agency, CIA'.

However, this is when the video takes a dark turn.

The woman asks if Alexa is connected to the CIA, Alexa appears to shutdown, but then turns its lights back on when it hears 'Alexa' – but again, shuts down when the woman repeats the questions.

After watching the video, some viewers may suggest that Alexa did not understand questions.

A video shows a woman asking Alexa a series of questions, which it answers in a swift manner. However, the final questions is if Alexa is connected to the CIA. The virtual assistant shuts is lights off and does not answer the question

After watching the video, some viewers may suggest that Alexa did not understand questions. However, the voice assistant is designed to respond with 'Sorry, I can't find an answer to the questions I heard' – not completely shut down

However, the voice assistant is designed to respond with 'Sorry, I can't find an answer to the questions I heard' – not completely shut down.

Amazon has yet to comment on the occurrence or explain if it was a technical error or something else.

The bizarre video comes a few days after thousands of confidential CIA documents were published on WikiLeaks.

The pages reveal hacking tools which the CIA uses to break into devices such as phones, computers and smart TVs - and now, some may even question smart speakers.

It is the latest in an embarrassing series of revelations, and WikiLeaks has promised more to come.

The video has appear just days after thousands of confidential CIA documents were published on WikiLeaks revealing hacking tools which the CIA uses to break into devices such as phones, computers and smart TVs

On Tuesday in a press release, WikiLeaks itself said the CIA had 'lost control' of an archive of hacking methods and it appeared to have been circulated 'among former US government hackers and contractors in an unauthorized manner, one of whom has provided WikiLeaks with portions of the archive.'

It said this constituted an even bigger and more significant breach of US intelligence than the National Security Agency files leaked by analyst Edward Snowden.

Snowden, who fled to Russia in 2013 after the Justice Department announced two charges of breaching the Espionage Act of 1917, tweeted on Tuesday that the latest trove of files is a 'genuinely a big deal'.