Microsoft: We've already patched the Shadow Broker Windows exploits

Shadow Brokers' big Windows gotcha moment for millions of Windows users around the world looks more like a "not so fast."

Hours after the hacking group, which apparently supports President Donald Trump and has been known to hack for money, dropped a terrifying package of NSA Windows Hacking tools that tapped into potentials vulnerabilities in most known versions of Windows (possibly even Windows 10), Microsoft finally stepped up with some more comforting news about the NSA hacking tools.

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"We've investigated and confirmed that the exploits disclosed by the Shadow Brokers have already been addressed by previous updates to our supported products. Customers with up-to-date software are already protected." a Microsoft spokesperson told Mashable overnight. Read more...

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