Hacking the Hackers: Everything You Need to Know About Shadow Brokers' Attack on the NSA

A group calling itself the Shadow Brokers claimed in 2016 that it had stolen US cyber weapons from the Equation Group, which was said to be operated by the US National Security Agency. Over several months, the group released exploit, malware and hacking-tool files allegedly originating from the NSA. Microsoft said most of the disclosed exploits had already been patched, while Cisco confirmed that two exploits listed in the archive were real. The full circumstances of the incident and the identities of the group members remained unclear.