Humanities Homework Help

In April of 2017 some of the National Security Agency’s most powerful and top-secret hacking tools were published posted online by a hacker group called the Shadow Brokers. It’s amazing to think that the supposedly impenetrable spy agency has been hacked and some of its most valuable cyber-attack tools are now publicly available.

Answer the following question by writing a short paragraph for each. 

1. Why is the publication of NSA hacking tools significant?
2. Describe in detail two of the stolen tools. What exactly do they do and how do they do it?
3. Who are the Shadow Brokers?
4. What laws may have been violated by the Shadow Brokers? Please list specific federal statutes.
5. What jurisdiction(s) seem to have been involved?
6. Describe two recent digital crimes that were perpetrated with the stolen tools. 
7. What type of digital evidence should law enforcement officers seek as the when they investigate the Shadow Brokers?