The Shadow Brokers
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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]