Has anyone hacked the NSA?
Has anyone hacked the NSA?
According to new research from Israeli security firm Check Point published Monday, a group of Chinese hackers known as APT31 appear to have copied an exploit developed by Equation Group, a hacking group broadly believed to be associated with the NSA, more than two years before the Shadow Brokers leaked the trove of NSA …
Why is Tor even legal?
Using Tor isn’t illegal. The Tor browser gives users anonymous access to a free internet. As is the case with everything, this access can be used in both good and bad ways. After all, Tor also allows people to visit criminal websites and marketplaces on the dark web.
Can the government track you with Tor?
You Will Be Tracked Down™. Any large government agency has mapped the Tor network, and does traffic analysis, and so if you connect to something you aren’t supposed to, then they know the place it’s coming from is the Tor network, and so they know the place it’s entering the Tor network, and where that’s coming from.
Who leaked EternalBlue?
Shadow Brokers
The NSA discovered a Windows security vulnerability and created the EternalBlue exploit, which was then stolen and leaked by the hacker group Shadow Brokers. On March 14, 2017, exactly one month before the Shadow Brokers leak, Microsoft released Security Bulletin MS17-010.
What company did Edward Snowden work for?
In 2013, Snowden was hired by an NSA contractor, Booz Allen Hamilton, after previous employment with Dell and the CIA. Snowden says he gradually became disillusioned with the programs with which he was involved, and that he tried to raise his ethical concerns through internal channels but was ignored.
What email service does Snowden use?
Lavabit
When Edward Snowden leaked details of the NSA’s mass surveillance program PRISM in 2013, he had been using a secure email service called Lavabit. Later that summer, the service shut down after the government ordered its owner to turn over the site’s encryption keys. Now, four years later, Lavabit is relaunching.
