Equation Group, a hacker group backed by National Security Agency has been hacked. Thousands of sophisticated security softwares are on sale. It is not yet clear whether hackers are asking for 1 million BTC or 1 million USD in BTC. But, they are providing a chunk of hacked materials for free to prove legitimacy.
Hacker's Announcement: https://theshadowbrokers.tumblr.com/
Development of the Story: http://thehackernews.com/2016/08/nsa-hacking-tools.html
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Hacker's Announcement has been taken down. Here is a copy - https://steemit.com/crypto-news/@pacpac/nsa-hacked-data-on-steem-s-immutable-blockchain
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Are you serious?
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Sources seem to be legitimate. But, English does not seem to be the native language of the hackers. Pretty difficult to decipher what they are trying to say...
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There must be pretty interesting stuff. If it goes out, it will help to increase IT security and will disable NSA for a while. I'd definitely like to explore what they have.
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