Ron Burgundy Posted August 15, 2016 Share Posted August 15, 2016 Hackers going by the name Shadow Brokers said on Monday they will auction stolen surveillance tools they say were used by a cyber group linked to the U.S. National Security Agency. To arouse interest in the auction, the hackers released samples of programs they said could break into popular firewall software made by companies including Cisco Systems Inc, Juniper Networks Inc and Fortinet Inc. The companies did not respond to request for comment, nor did the NSA. Writing in imperfect English, the Shadow Brokers promised in postings on a Tumblr blog that the auctioned material would contain “cyber weapons†developed by the Equation Group, a hacking group that cyber security experts widely believe to be an arm of the NSA. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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