Kungiyar masu satar bayanai ta Shadow Brokers ta samu kayan aikin kutse a shekarar 2017, wanda ya haifar da manyan al'amura da dama a duniya, ciki har da wani gagarumin hari ta hanyar amfani da WannaCry ransomware. An bayyana cewa kungiyar ta sace kayan aikin kutse daga hukumar tsaron kasar Amurka, amma ba a san yadda suka yi hakan ba. Yanzu dai an san cewa kwararrun na Symantec sun gudanar da wani bincike, bisa la'akari da cewa jami'an leken asiri na kasar Sin ne suka sace kayan aikin hacking daga hukumar ta NSA.
Symantec ta tabbatar da cewa, kungiyar masu satar bayanan sirri ta Buckeye, da ake kyautata zaton tana aiki ne da ma'aikatar tsaron kasar Sin, tana amfani da kayan aikin NSA shekara guda kafin aukuwar lamarin Shadow Brokers na farko. Masanan Symantec sun yi imanin cewa kungiyar Buckeye ta samu kayan aikin kutse a lokacin harin na NSA, bayan an yi musu kwaskwarima.
Rahoton ya kuma ce mai yiyuwa ne masu satar bayanan Buckeye su shiga hannu, tun da a baya jami’an NSA sun bayyana cewa wannan kungiyar na daya daga cikin mafi hadari. Daga cikin wasu abubuwa, Buckeye ne ke da alhakin kai hare-hare kan masana'antun fasahar sararin samaniyar Amurka da wasu kamfanonin makamashi. Masana Symantec sun ce an yi amfani da kayan aikin NSA da aka gyara don kai hare-hare kan kungiyoyin bincike, cibiyoyin ilimi da sauran kayayyakin more rayuwa daga sassan duniya.
Symantec ya yi imanin cewa, lokaci ya yi da hukumomin leken asirin Amurka su yi la'akari sosai da yuwuwar cewa za a iya kama kayan aikin da aka kirkira a Amurka da kuma amfani da su a kan kasar Amurka. An kuma lura cewa Symantec ta kasa samun wata shaida da ke nuna cewa masu satar bayanan Buckeye sun yi amfani da kayan aikin da aka sace daga hukumar ta NSA wajen kai hari a wurare a Amurka.