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The Shadow Brokers

The Shadow Brokers is an United States-attributed cybercrime syndicate with a financial motive, tracked by Brandefense.

Also known as
  • TSB
  • Shadow Brokers
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Origin
United States
Techniques
0
Exploited CVEs
No CVE data
First seen
Jan 1, 2016
Record updated

About The Shadow Brokers.

The Shadow Brokers (TSB) is a hacker group who first appeared in the summer of 2016. They published several leaks containing hacking tools from the National Security Agency (NSA, including several zero-day exploits.[1] Specifically, these exploits and vulnerabilities targeted enterprise firewalls, antivirus software, and Microsoft products. The Shadow Brokers originally attributed the leaks to the Equation Group threat actor, who have been tied to the NSA's Tailored Access Operations unit.

Last updated Oct 9, 2026. Compiled by Brandefense technologies from structured threat intelligence and reviewed by Brandefense analysts. Techniques follow the MITRE ATT&CK framework.