Apr 17, 2017
Microsoft patched 'NSA hack' Windows flaws before leak
Reports suggested Microsoft's Windows operating system remained vulnerable. Whisteblower Edward Snowden had previously leaked documents in 2013 that alleged the NSA had carried surveillance of the Brussels-based Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication for several years, but did not specify how. "If Shadow Brokers' claims are indeed verified, it seems that the NSA sought to totally capture the backbone of [the] international financial system to have a God's eye [view]," blogged security researcher Matt Suiche after the latest leak. "If the US had a specific target in the region's financial system, NSA penetration offers merely relying upon good faith compliance procedures, standard diplomatic requests, or collaborating with Swift." The BBC has not been able to verify the authenticity of the Shadow Brokers' claims, and the NSA has not provided comment.
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