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"‘Shadow Brokers’ Claim to be Selling NSA Malware, in What Could Be Historic Hack
Programs posted online allow espionage on network devices.

A mysterious online group calling itself “The Shadow Brokers” is claiming to have penetrated the National Security Agency, stolen some of its malware, and is auctioning off the files to the highest bidder.

The authenticity of the files cannot be confirmed but appear to be legitimate, according to security researchers who have studied their content. Their release comes on the heels of a series of disclosures of emails and documents belonging mostly to Democratic officials, but also to Republicans. Security researchers believe those breaches were perpetrated by agents thought to be acting on behalf of Moscow.

The NSA did not answer Foreign Policy’s questions about the alleged breach on Monday. But if someone has managed to penetrate the American signals intelligence agency and post its code online for the world to see — and purchase — it would constitute a historic black eye for the agency.

“It’s at minimum very interesting; at maximum, hugely damaging,” said Dave Aitel, a former NSA research scientist and now the CEO of the security firm Immunity. “It’ll blow some operations if those haven’t already been blown.”............................."
http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/08/15/sha ... oric-hack/

Wow if true...
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"SNOWDEN: EXPOSURE OF ALLEGED NSA TOOLS MAY BE WARNING TO US

PARIS (AP) -- The exposure of malicious software purportedly linked to the National Security Agency is likely a message from Moscow, former intelligence worker Edward Snowden said Tuesday, adding a layer of intrigue to a leak that has set the information security world abuzz.

Technical experts have spent the past day or so picking apart a suite of tools allegedly stolen from the Equation Group , a powerful squad of hackers which some have tied to the NSA. The tools materialized as part of an internet electronic auction set up by a group calling itself "Shadow Brokers," which has promised to leak more data to whoever puts in a winning bid........."
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If there were ever an event that fit the definition of a 'false flag', its this shit.

I mean seriously, more scare tactics from the establishment. Russia is back to being the big bad boogeyman again. :coffee:

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DSUrocks07 wrote:If there were ever an event that fit the definition of a 'false flag', its this ****.

I mean seriously, more scare tactics from the establishment. Russia is back to being the big bad boogeyman again. :coffee:

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Ivytalk wrote:
DSUrocks07 wrote:If there were ever an event that fit the definition of a 'false flag', its this ****.

I mean seriously, more scare tactics from the establishment. Russia is back to being the big bad boogeyman again. :coffee:

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No one every looked into Patton's "mysterious" death and how it ultimately played into the Clinton's rise to power. Sure, "car accident". Where's spandos when you need him? :rofl:
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GannonFan wrote:
Ivytalk wrote: George Patton was right. We should've kicked Russia's azz back in '45. :coffee:
No one every looked into Patton's "mysterious" death and how it ultimately played into the Clinton's rise to power. Sure, "car accident". Where's spandos when you need him? :rofl:
Yup. Putin's grandfather cut the brake cables on Patton's car. 8-)
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The stolen code is not a big deal. You just write new, different code. The damage has already been done in terms of whatever files could be hacked and stolen. Going public just means that there was no more good info to steal, so the last move was to publicly say, "haha, we breached you."

I'm not worried about this at all. I'm sure everyone reading this has their SSN breached somewhere. It's just a matter of if you're the one in 330 million they decide to fuck with on any given day. The theft has already occurred.
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Ivytalk wrote:
GannonFan wrote:
No one every looked into Patton's "mysterious" death and how it ultimately played into the Clinton's rise to power. Sure, "car accident". Where's spandos when you need him? :rofl:
Yup. Putin's grandfather cut the brake cables on Patton's car. 8-)
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