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Hackers Claim To Be Selling NSA Cyberweapons In Online Auction (dailydot.com)

Posted by msmash on from the everyone's-hacked dept.

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.

3 of 88 comments (clear)

  1. One thing to say... by poofmeisterp · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Honeypot (if it's a real).

  2. I hope.... by TheCarp · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Whoever wins the auction releases every single bit of it to the public with no redaction whatsoever.

    There should be a collective public bid available, I would pledge a couple of btc to the public bid if there was a credible one. I would consider it penance for the taxes I paid to create the originals.

    --
    "I opened my eyes, and everything went dark again"
  3. Let's Face It by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    It doesn't matter if Equation Group is part of the NSA, or if these tools come from Equation Group, or whatever. Just so long as these are real hacking tools used by any state agency, from any country, this puts the final nail in the coffin. Not that most of us needed that final nail.

    The coffin being, "oh just create an encryption/security back door so that legitimate law enforcement can access it. You don't support child molesters and terrorists do you?"

    Everybody. Gets. Hacked.

    Secrets. Don't. Stay. Secret.

    Yeah, the people who owned/created this screwed up. The point is, everyone screws up, given enough time and enough people involved.