Security News > 2019 > May > Chinese Hackers Used NSA Hacking Tools Before Shadow Brokers Leaked Them
2019-05-07 08:48
In a shocking revelation, it turns out that a hacking group believed to be sponsored by Chinese intelligence had been using some of the zero-day exploits linked to the NSA's Equation Group almost a year before the mysterious Shadow Brokers group leaked them. According to a new report published by cybersecurity firm Symantec, a Chinese-linked group, which it calls Buckeye, was using the
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