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Probe of leaked US NSA hacking tools examines operative's 'mistake'
Published Fri, Sep 23, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Washington
A US investigation into a leak of hacking tools used by the National Security Agency (NSA) is focusing on a theory that one of its operatives carelessly left them available on a remote computer and Russian hackers found them, four people with direct knowledge of the probe told Reuters.
The tools, which enable hackers…
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