Ua loaʻa i ka pūʻulu hacking Shadow Brokers nā mea hana hacking ma 2017, kahi i alakaʻi ai i kekahi mau hanana nui a puni ka honua, me ka hoʻouka kaua nui me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ransomware WannaCry. Ua hōʻike ʻia ka hui e ʻaihue i nā mea hana hacking mai ka US National Security Agency, akā ʻaʻole maopopo i ke ʻano o kā lākou hana ʻana i kēia. I kēia manawa ua ʻike ʻia ua alakaʻi ka poʻe loea Symantec i kahi loiloi ma ke kumu e hiki ai ke manaʻo ʻia ua ʻaihue ʻia nā mea hana hacking mai ka NSA e nā mākaʻi naʻauao Kina.
Ua ʻike ʻo Symantec ʻo ka pūʻulu hacking Buckeye, i ʻōlelo ʻia e hana ana no ka Ministry of State Security, ua hoʻohana i nā mea hana NSA i hoʻokahi makahiki ma mua o ka hanana ʻana o Shadow Brokers. Manaʻo ʻo Symantec ua loaʻa i ka pūʻulu Buckeye nā mea hana hacking i ka wā o ka hoʻouka ʻana o NSA, a laila ua hoʻololi ʻia lākou.
Ua ʻōlelo pū ka hōʻike e pili pono ana ka poʻe hacker Buckeye i kēia, no ka mea, ua ʻōlelo nā luna mua o ka NSA ʻo kēia pūʻulu kekahi o nā mea weliweli loa. Ma waena o nā mea ʻē aʻe, ua paʻa ʻo Buckeye i ke kuleana no ka hoʻouka ʻana i nā mea hana ʻenehana kikowaena ʻAmelika a me kekahi mau hui ikehu. Ua ʻōlelo ka poʻe loea Symantec ua hoʻohana ʻia nā mea hana NSA i hoʻololi ʻia i ka hoʻouka ʻana i nā hui noiʻi, nā ʻoihana hoʻonaʻauao a me nā ʻoihana ʻē aʻe mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
Manaʻo ʻo Symantec he manawa kiʻekiʻe kēia no nā keʻena naʻauao US e noʻonoʻo nui i ka hiki ke hopu ʻia a hoʻohana ʻia nā mea hana i kūkulu ʻia e US e kūʻē i ka mokuʻāina ʻo US. Ua ʻike pū ʻia ʻaʻole hiki iā Symantec ke loaʻa i nā mea hōʻike e hoʻohana ana ka poʻe hackers Buckeye i nā mea hana i ʻaihue ʻia mai ka NSA e hoʻouka i nā hale hana ma ka ʻāina US.