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Group Linked To NSA Spy Leaks Threatens Sale of New Tech Secrets (reuters.com)
Hacker group Shadow Brokers, which has taken credit for leaking NSA cyber spying tools -- including ones used in the WannaCry global ransomware attack -- has said it plans to sell code that can be used to hack into the world's most used computers, software and phones. From a report on Reuters: Using trademark garbled English, the Shadow Brokers group said in an online statement that, from June, it will begin releasing software to anyone willing to pay for access to some of the tech world's biggest commercial secrets. In the blog post, the group said it was setting up a "monthly data dump" and that it could offer tools to break into web browsers, network routers, phone handsets, plus newer exploits for Windows 10 and data stolen from central banks. It said it was set to sell access to previously undisclosed vulnerabilities, known as zero-days, that could be used to attack Microsoft's latest software system, Windows 10. The post did not identify other products by name. It also threatened to dump data from banks using the SWIFT international money transfer network and from Russian, Chinese, Iranian or North Korean nuclear and missile programs, without providing further details.
The NSA knows what the Shadow Brokers have (basically, everything the NSA has). The NSA knows how much damage they can do. Further, the NSA, and ONLY the NSA, are in a position to disclose the remaining weaponized vulnerabilities to Microsoft, to get them fixed, and protect the rest of us from harm.
It's beautiful, you see. The NSA MUST voluntarily surrender the weapons that they have been sitting on, or they will be directly responsible for the use of those weapons against us. And this time, there is no head start...if the NSA doesn't disclose them, Microsoft can't fix them, and the ensuing hacks will make WannaCry look like a preshock.