Purported CIA documents leaked Tuesday appear to confirm that the U.S. National Security Agency and one of CIA’s own divisions were responsible for the malware tools and operations attributed to a group that security researchers have dubbed the Equation. The Equation is widely considered to be the most advanced cyberespionage group in the world based on the sophistication of its tools and the length of its operations, some possibly dating as far back as 1996. The tools and techniques used by the group bore a striking similarity to those described in secret documents leaked in 2013 by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.”]