28 June 2017

On 22 May 2017 an antivirus check on my laptop revealed that it was infected with over 200 separate malware items. These items all stemmed from the NSA software which was stolen by the Shadowbrokers hacking group.

The trojans and other malware were subsequently used in the international Ransomware attacks which almost paralysed the National Health Service in Britain and many other institutions around the world.

To be clear – I did not suffer a Ransomware attack. The malware was placed on my machine long before it was stolen from NSA.

These malicious programmes form part of a suite from the so-called “Equation Group”, which has been described as the most powerful hacking software in the world. It is notorious for infecting the firmware of a computer – which means it is impossible to rid yourself of it, even if you re-install the Operating System (eg Windows).

SNIP