Chinese researchers accuse NSA of being behind a powerful exploit

A Chinese cybersecurity firm released a report Wednesday that revealed a decade-old exploit allegedly created by a covert hacking group associated with the U.S. National Security Agency. The report is the first time that a Chinese cybersecurity firm has both attributed a cyberattack to a U.S. hacking group and included technical indicators of compromise. “It’s a completely different type of report here that that seems to mimic Western name-and-shame,” said Winnona DeSombre, fellow at the Atlantic Council and Harvard’s Belfer …

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