"Hacker Group "Shadow Brokers" released documents and files on Friday that cybersecurity experts said indicated the U.S. National Security Agency had accessed the SWIFT interbank messaging system, allowing it to monitor money flows among some Middle Eastern and Latin American banks."
The "Shadow Brokers" Hacker Group has released malware allegedly created by the US National Security Agency (NSA).
https://twitter.com/shadowbrokerss?lang=de
The tools are said to have been created by the US National Security Agency.
Accompanying documents appear to indicate it was able to monitor money flows among some Middle East and Latin American banks.
It apparently did this by gaining access to two service bureaus of the Swift global banking system.
Such a hack could have enabled the US to covertly monitor financial transactions, researchers said.
The files were released by Shadow Brokers, a hacking group that has previously leaked malware.
( previously leaked malware : http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39553241 )
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read more in the original BBC article :
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39606575
(additional sources):
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/15/us/shadow-brokers-nsa-hack-middle-east.html
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cyber-swift-idUSKBN17G1HC
https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/leaked-nsa-hacking-tools-were-worth-2-million
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