The Shadow Brokers

The Shadow Brokers (TSB) is a hacker group who first appeared in the summer of 2016.^[1][2] They published several leaks containing hacking tools, including several zero-day exploits,^[1] from the "Equation Group" who are widely suspected to be a branch of the National Security Agency (NSA) of the United States.^[3][4] Specifically, these exploits and vulnerabilities^[5][6] targeted enterprise firewalls, antivirus software, and Microsoft products.^[7] The Shadow Brokers originally attributed the leaks to the Equation Group threat actor, who have been tied to the NSA's Tailored Access Operations unit.^{[8][9][10][4]}