The ‘Equation Group,’ a hacker collective believed to be working on behalf of the NSA, has reportedly been hacked.
A group calling itself ‘The Shadow Brokers’ claims to have digitally infiltrated Equation Group, and are starting to dump its data online. So far, it seems like a bunch of code, but if Equation Group was working for the NSA — look out.
If you’re looking for the data, GitHub has already disabled the Equation Group’s repo, which Gizmodo points out was actually more of a Bitcoin auction for whatever data it grabbed.
It was the only repo listed under the Shadow Broker’s profile.
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In addition to selling data, Shadow Brokers were reportedly trying to sell the tools it used to hack Equation Group.
via Gizmodo
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