Tuesday 16 August 2016

Hackers auction files ‘stolen from NSA’

A group of hackers calling itself Shadow Brokers claims to have stolen a collection of malware files from a group linked to the US National Security Agency (NSA).

The hackers are holding a bitcoin auction and say they will give the code to the highest bidder.

Experts said that a sample they have released for verification could be genuine.

Whistle-blowing website Wikileaks tweeted that it also had the data.

In a message on file-sharing site Pastebin, Shadow Brokers describes its haul as “cyber weapons” and says it is offering programs “made by creators of Stuxnet, Duqu, Flame” – high profile forms of computer malware said to be government-sponsored. For the full article click here



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