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    Report: Hackers Stole NSA Cybertools In Another Breach Via Another Contractor

    In 2015, an NSA contractor may have taken highly classified cybertools home to a personal computer — from which they were compromised, the Wall Street Journal reports.
    by Philip Ewing Oct 05, 2017 2 minutes
    The Wall Street Journal reports there has been a new breach at the National Security Agency via one of the agency's contractors. / Handout / Getty Images

    Russian hackers stole top secret cybertools from a National Security Agency contractor in yet another embarrassing compromise for U.S. spy agencies, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

    The NSA contractor is believed to have taken highly sensitive official software home to a personal computer in 2015..

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