The Grugq, Hacker House and 'Boceffus Cleetus' weigh in on the latest ShadowBroker dump

If you enjoy good security-related reads, then you might like to check out a couple different takes on the latest ShadowBrokers’ NSA-linked Equation Group auction files. One comes from “the grugq,” a security researcher who is well-respected for his infosec and counterintelligence knowledge, and the other is by the cybersecurity researchers at Hacker House out of the UK.

The Grugq published a three-part commentary series on the great cyber game – part 1, part 2, part 3. His deep analysis is his contribution since not many are capable of it. He said that the latest by the ShadowBrokers, dropped on Dec. 14, is a “massive” and valuable drop in terms of revealing to the NSA what the Russians know and have obtained.

One of the major takeaways the Grugq described in part one, is that the “FSB had access to NSA tools that could only come from inside NSA’s classified network.” He described that revelation as “a serious gut punch to the NSA that must have them scrambling to figure out what is going on.”