In a post written in broken English, the Shadow Brokers offered to sell a complete trove of tools to the highest bidder. The group said if it is paid one million bitcoin, valued at roughly $568 million, it will release the tools publicly.
Security experts doubt the group has access to the hacking treasure trove that it boasts, but several said the code it released appears to be legitimate. It affects routers built by three U.S. firms— Cisco Systems Inc., Juniper Networks Inc. and Fortinet Inc. —and two Chinese companies—Shaanxi Networkcloud Information Technology Co. and Beijing Topsec Network Security Technology Co.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/group-claim-to-have-u-s-government-hacking-tools-for-sale-1471309022
Topic: [2016-08-16] Group Claims to Have U.S. Government Hacking Tools for Sale (Read 228 times)
August 15, 2016, 09:36:47 PM
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