The recent dump of attack tools linked to the Equation Group, which is widely believed to be tied to the U.S. National Security Agency and its Tailored Access Operations team, has triggered despair in technology circles. The thinking goes: If the NSA – and by extension any other top-flight intelligence agency – can develop attack tools to seemingly hack into almost any technology to gain access to networks, decrypt encrypted traffic and monitor targets, what hope do any organizations or individuals have that they can secure their data or systems?”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/equation-group-hacking-tool-dump-5-lessons-a-9358