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NSA’s Equation Group Hacking Tools Available for a Million Bitcoins

The hacker just became the hacked. A known offshoot of the National Security Agency responsible for conducting cyber-attacks across the world has been targeted by a group of unknown hackers. According to reports, a bunch of hacking tools used by the NSA’s Equation Group for conducting cyber-attacks were dumped online recently by the hackers who allegedly made way into their systems...

http://www.newsbtc.com/2016/08/16/equation-group-hacking-tools-for-a-million-bitcoins/

Where are they going to get a million bitcoins to pay for these tools? Even if they did collect these coins, who says the tools are not some Trojan horse exercise to catch some hackers? Is there any

other source for this information, other than this article? If this is true and the wrong group of people gets their hands on these tools, we will all be in for a rough ride.... Most services and exchanges

can be compromised and people can re-direct this money to fund terrorism activities.  ::)

It's just a troll attempt, or they are out to scam potential buyers. Having that said, them asking for a million coins makes it very much look like an ordinary troll attempt. If they were really serious, they would have asked for a much lower coin count.

https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/765342384821534722

WikiLeaks have it all and are gonna release it. I guess this was an attempt to get some free money and why not? it woulda been a riot if they'd received any.