Growing numbers of US cities—with crumbling digital infrastructure and limited defence resources—are being targeted by hackers using malware developed by the country's National Security Agency (NSA). The NSA has been accused in recent years of hacking into computers around the world to spy on its own citizens or foreign governments. It was used by foreign hackers in the global WannaCry and NotPetya cyber attacks, causing losses in the billions of dollars.
Growing numbers of US cities—with crumbling digital infrastructure and limited defence resources—are being targeted by hackers using malware developed by the country's National Security Agency (NSA). In April 2017, EternalBlue, a powerful exploit developed by the NSA to target a flaw in Microsoft’s software, was dumped online by the as-yet-unidentified Shadow Brokers. It was used by foreign hackers in the global WannaCry and NotPetya cyber attacks, causing losses in the billions of dollars.