Security Breach and Spilled Secrets Have Shaken the N.S.A. to Its Core

Security Breach and Spilled Secrets Have Shaken the N.S.A. to Its Core

A serial leak of the agency’s cyberweapons has damaged morale, slowed intelligence
operations and resulted in hacking attacks on businesses and civilians worldwide.

By SCOTT SHANE, NICOLE PERLROTH and DAVID E. SANGERNOV. 12, 2017

WASHINGTON — Jake Williams awoke last April in an Orlando, Fla., hotel where he was leading a training session. Checking Twitter, Mr. Williams, a cybersecurity expert, was dismayed to discover that he had been thrust into the middle of one of the worst security debacles ever to befall American intelligence.

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