Security News > 2017 > April > Leaked NSA Hacking Tools Being Used to Hack Thousands of Vulnerable Windows PCs (The Hackers News)
2017-04-22 07:57
Script kiddies and online criminals around the world have reportedly started exploiting NSA hacking tools leaked last weekend to compromise hundreds of thousands of vulnerable Windows operating systems exposed on the Internet. Last week, the mysterious hacking group known as Shadow Brokers leaked a set of Windows hacking tools targeting Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 7 and 8, and
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