The U.S. government is conducting an investigation into the leak of National Security Agency hacking tools, Reuters reports. The tools allow users to exploit software flaws in computer and communication systems from various vendors. The tools were released on public websites by a group called the Shadow Brokers. The investigation is exploring the possibility that an NSA operative left the information on a remote computer for hackers to access. An NSA agent took responsibility for the leak, but investigators are looking into whether the individual intentionally leaked the tool to the public. Investigators are also seeing whether another individual compounded the mistake made by the original agent.
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