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Re: Truenorth2016 post# 52223

Sunday, 10/15/2017 12:50:56 PM

Sunday, October 15, 2017 12:50:56 PM

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In August 2016, hacking tools were stolen from the National Security Agency. Now, those tools are being used in a number of cyber attacks around the world.

Shadow Brokers Group Leaks Stolen National Security Agency Hacking Tools
SIEGEL: Once a hacking tools of the NSA is in the hands of somebody else, can the NSA pull some kill switch that disables the tool?

PERLROTH: It appears not. You would assume that now that these tools are out there, that they're being used not just against Merck but against American hospitals. That is considered a critical infrastructure attack in the United States. So you would assume that if the NSA has a kill switch, they would have pulled it by now.

PERLROTH:What you have now is truly the nightmare scenario because now you have a situation where those adversaries who are motivated to harm the United States' interests in cyberspace now actually have the world's best attacker, which is the NSA's tools, at their disposal. And they can use them however they want to.

http://www.npr.org/2017/06/29/534916031/shadow-brokers-group-leaks-stolen-national-security-agency-hacking-tools

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