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Arrested NSA contractor is no Snowden, officials say

10

Oct

2016

A federal contractor recently arrested for removing classified materials from the National Security Agency (NSA) is no Edward Snowden, former intelligence and law enforcement officials say. NSA contractor Harold Martin, 51, whose arrest was made public this week, quickly drew attention as a possible “Snowden 2.0.” Like Snowden, Martin was a Booz Allen Hamilton employee […]

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Hackers auctioning NSA code disappointed in bidding

04

Oct

2016

A hacker or hackers who stole source code for National Security Agency cyber-weaponry is upset more people have not bid in an auction for the files. While samples of the source code appear to be authentic, many still find the auction suspicious. The hackers, who call themselves TheShadowBrokers, only garnered around $1,000 in bids, well […]

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Many Cisco Devices Still Vulnerable to NSA-Linked Exploit

07

Sep

2016

Tens of thousands of devices running Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software are still vulnerable to attacks leveraging an exploit leaked by a group calling itself Shadow Brokers. Shadow Brokers has leaked hundreds of megabytes of firewall exploits and implants allegedly stolen from the NSA-linked threat actor known as the Equation Group. The leak included […]

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