Description
In 2016, a group calling themselves The Shadow Brokers claimed they had stolen cyber weapons from the National Security Agency.
At first, nobody believed them. Then security researchers tested the files. The tools were real. What followed reshaped cybersecurity forever.
In this episode of Last Seen Online, we trace the full timeline of the Shadow Brokers leak, from the first cryptic posts and encrypted archives to the global fallout that followed, including ransomware outbreaks that disrupted hospitals, businesses, and governments worldwide.
Who were The Shadow Brokers?
How did they obtain nation-state hacking tools?
And why has no one ever been publicly identified?
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