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April 14, 2017 08:42 pm GMT

Windows users should be really worried about the latest NSA leak

"This is not a drill."

So warned Edward Snowden in an April 14 tweet addressing the latest dump of NSA hacking tools by the hacking group known as the Shadow Brokers. And, if the response of the security community is any indication, America's most famous whistleblower has reason to be alarmed. 

According to The Intercept, the Shadow Brokers' April 14 release of previously undisclosed tools has the potential to comprise Windows computers running anything earlier than Windows 10. To make matters worse, one security expert says that even those using the latest Windows could be vulnerable. 

That's a lot of computers.  Read more...

More about Cyber, Cybersecurity, Hacking, Edward Snowden, and Shadowbrokers

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