China built in hardware hacking chips

Bloomberg reports that China place small chips into servers and other machines that allowed the attackers to create a stealth doorway into any network that included the altered machines. Multiple people familiar with the matter say investigators found that the chips had been inserted at factories run by manufacturing subcontractors in China. This attack was …

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Hacking attacks on businesses and civilians worldwide from leaked NSA hacking tools

Current and former NSA (National Security Agency) officials say the Shadow Brokers disclosures, which began in August 2016, have been catastrophic for the N.S.A., calling into question its ability to protect potent cyberweapons and its very value to national security. The New York Times has the latest report on the Shadow Brokers leaks. Fifteen months …

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