Shadow Brokers hackers release NSA hacking tools to punish Trump for ‘abandoning’ his base

Hacking group Shadow Brokers has released the password to a trove of NSA exploits in what they say is a form of protest against President Donald Trump for going back on his campaign promises, and warning the president, “Don’t forget your base.”

The shadowy group first emerged last August and released hacking exploits used by the NSA’s Equation Group, which included vulnerabilities in firewall products, and a list of IP addresses the NSA had exploited, which the group released at a later date.

Edward Snowden on Twitter

NSA just lost control of its Top Secret arsenal of digital weapons; hackers leaked it. 1) https://t.co/zleVbyBtE3 2) https://t.co/aKwdiNbrJA

Edward Snowden on Twitter

much here that NSA should be able to instantly identify where this set came from and how they lost it. If they can’t, it’s a scandal.

Edward Snowden on Twitter

Bitter lesson: When any government conceals knowledge of vulnerabilities in common software, those vulns will be found and used by enemies. https://t.co/EfLgJMwbNs

x0rz on Twitter

The @shadowbrokerss key to eqgrp-auction-file.tar.xz.gpg is legit.