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Hackers Claim To Be Selling NSA Cyberweapons In Online Auction (dailydot.com)
Reader blottsie writes: A group of hackers identifying themselves as theShadow Brokers claims to have hacked the NSA's Equation Group, a team of American hackers that have been described as both "omnipotent" and "the most advanced" threat cyberspace has ever seen. On the Shadow Brokers' website, the group has shared a sample of data that some cybersecurity experts say lends credibility to the breach. The the hackers' asking price for what they claim is a cache of NSA-built cyberweapons. Motherboard's take on this is here.
"No US hacker would be retarded enough to attempt to hack the NSA."
The NSA is not God. Its just a collection of people. People who make mistakes.
With 360,000,000 people as the population, you would be surprised at what kind of stupidity you can find.
Oh, BTW, I have all of the NSA's secret sploits, both past and current. They are for sale. Drop a few hundred bucks and they're yours – all contained on a single 3.5" floppy disk. I ran the leak through the ZIP encoder 30 times – that is why the file is so small.
This isn't some mamby-pamby bitcoin auction, but a listing on ebay. (I believe in equal access for everyone.) Come bid on the auction. There is no "Buy it Now" price (ebay sets those limits low). There is only an open auction with a reserve price of $0.99. So, if it's countries bidding against countries, whatev's, I couldn't care less.
Oh, and BTW, I am hiding behind five proxies, so there is no way to find me...
If they can hack the NSA's best, then the NSA needs them on staff before someone else hires them.