Shadow Brokers, the group behind last yearsrelease of hacking exploits allegedly used by the National Security Agency,has dropped another trove of files. In a Medium posttoday, the hacker group offered up a password giving freeaccess to files it had previously tried to auction off. <\/p>\n
The Shadow Brokers first came to prominence last August whenthey leaked exploits linked tothe NSA and the Equation Groupcontaining vulnerabilities inmajor firewall products.The group would later release a list of IP addressesit claimed were compromised by the Equation Group. <\/p>\n
Shadow Brokerswas hoping to auction off another set of files, but didntattract very much interest or Bitcoin in the attempt. After that failed, the group posted a farewell message in January and leaked a new set of Windows-related vulnerabilities. <\/p>\n
Todays leak from the Shadow Brokerscomes with a lengthy Medium post, in which the group says it is releasing the files as a form of protest after losing faith in the leadership ofPresident Donald Trump. Claiming that Trump appears to be abandoning his base, the post also offers a list of suggestions for how the president could Make America Great Again. <\/p>\n
Security researchers are still goingthrough the files, but many of the exploits appear to be used for attacking older or little-used systems. And at least one guy thinks this leak might lead to the unmasking of the hackers: <\/p>\n
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