NSA's Hacking Group Hacked! Bunch of Private Hacking Tools Leaked Online

It seems like the NSA has been HACKED!

An unknown hacker or a group of hackers just claimed to have hacked into "

Equation Group

" -- a cyber-attack group allegedly associated with the United States intelligence organization NSA -- and dumped a bunch of its hacking tools (malware, private exploits, and hacking tools) online.

Not just this, the hackers, calling themselves "

The Shadow Brokers

," are also asking for 1 Million Bitcoins (

around $568 Million

) in an auction to release the 'best' cyber weapons and more files.

I know, it is really hard to believe, but some cybersecurity experts who have been examining the leak data, exploits and hacking tools, believe it to be legitimate.

Widely believed to be part of the NSA, Equation Group was described as "a threat actor that surpasses anything known in terms of complexity and sophistication of techniques, and that has been active for almost two decades," according to a report published by security firm Kaspersky in 2015.

Two days back, The Shadow Brokers released some files, which it claimed came from the Equation Group, on Github.

The files mostly contained installation scripts, configurations for command-and-control (C&C) servers, and exploits allegedly designed to target routers and firewalls from American manufacturers including, Cisco, Juniper, and Fortinet.

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