Perhaps you heard about this already.

If not, here is a quick recap:



hackers calling themselves the Shadow Brokers have collected NSA-created malware from a staging server run by the Equation Group, an internal hacking team. The Shadow Brokers published two chunks of data, one “open” chunk and another encrypted file containing the “best files” that they will sell for at least $1 million. Wikileaks has said they already own the “auction” files and will publish them in “due course.”

They’ve also released images of the file tree containing a script kiddie-like trove of exploits ostensibly created and used by the NSA as well as a page calling out cyber warriors and “Wealthy Elites.” The page also contains links to the two files, both encrypted...

First, we need to understand what these files are and what they do. These are hacking tools including RATs – or remote access Trojans – and exploits designed to attack web and file servers.

Most Americans, especially those on TOP, start clutching their pearls whenever someone mentions that hackers from North Korea, or China, or Russia hacked servers in the United States.

Americans seem to be completely unaware that the most aggressive state-sponsored hackers in the world live near Washington D.C.

Or maybe Americans don't care because we're the "good guys".

Either way, this hack was different. Because while other hacks from Russia, like the DNC hack, may or may not have been state-sponsored, this hack of the NSA obviously was state-sponsored.

Edward Snowden explains.





Or to put it another way.



Computer security researchers around the world are now reviewing computer networks for these tools. And wherever they find this leaked code, they'll know the NSA was spying.

The United States currently claims the moral high ground and censures China, Iran, North Korea and Russia for hacking Americans. But it could soon be caught doing the same to others.

If you keep your eye out you'll be seeing evidence of this popping up soon.