A group calling itself ” The Shadow Brokers ” published what it said was a set of NSA “cyber weapons” The group leaked what it claimed was working exploits for the Internet’s most crucial network infrastructure, apparently stolen from the agency’s Equation Group in 2013. Cisco confirmed the authenticity of these exploits, saying that these hacking tools contain exploits that leverage two security vulnerabilities affecting Cisco ASA software designed to protect corporate and government networks and data centers. The NSA was systematically spying on customers of big technology companies like Cisco, Fortinet, and Juniper for at least a decade.
Source: https://thehackernews.com/2016/08/nsa-hack-exploit.html