A previously unknown hacking group claims to have broken into a cyber espionage organisation linked to the National Security Agency and is offering to sell what it says are US government hacking tools.The group, calling itself the Shadow Brokers, said in an internet post on Saturday that it had access to a "full state sponsor tool set" of cyberweapons. To back up its claims, the group posted what appears to be attack code that targets security software on routers that direct computer traffic around the internet.In a post written in broken English, the Shadow Brokers offered to sell a complete trove of tools to the highest bidder. The group said if it is paid 1-million bitcoin, valued at roughly $568m, it will release the tools publicly.Security experts doubt the group has access to the hacking treasure trove that it boasts, but several said the code it released appears to be legitimate. It affects routers built by three US firms — Cisco Systems, Juniper Networks, and Fortinet — and ...
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