Ex-NSA insiders: There's 'a lot of panic' over what's been exposed by this massive hack

A group calling itself the "Shadow Brokers" claims that it hacked into the National Security Agency and stole an apparent treasure trove of exploits and hacking tools that it now wants to auction off, which some ex-NSA insiders say is extremely bizarre and very serious.

"It's a big deal," Dave Aitel, an ex-NSA research scientist and CEO of penetration testing firm Immunity Inc., told Business Insider. "We'd be panicking."

Yet he added: "But then it is rather old stuff. So the question is, is it so old that it's essentially irrelevant but looks very relevant? Or is some of this stuff still in use every day? I don't know."

Earlier this week, Shadow Brokers announced that it was selling a number of cyber weapons claiming to be stolen from The Equation Group. That is a hacking unit that was uncovered last year by Kaspersky Labs that many believe are within the NSA. In its data dump of proof, the brokers offered files dating back to 2013 to allegedly exploit FortiGate and Cisco firewalls, among others.

Amber Heard and Johnny Depp settle domestic violence case

According to TMZ, Amber Heard has dismissed her domestic violence restraining order petition against her estranged husband, Johnny Depp, as the case has settled. Read the report below... 

Amber and Johnny filed legal docs Tuesday in which Amber withdrew her request for a restraining order. She had alleged Johnny brutalized her on May 21 but now the case is over. She dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning she can never re-file it.

The divorce case, which was tied to the domestic violence petition, is also resolved. As we reported, our sources say Johnny agreed to pay Amber approximately $7 million to walk away ... that includes attorneys' fees ... at a point, $8 million was on the table, so she ended up with a mil less.

As we reported, Johnny's lawyers, Laura Wasser and Blair Berk, along with Amber's lawyers, Pierce O'Donnell and Samantha Spector, crafted a settlement after Amber was grilled Saturday during a deposition.

Residents of a community beat up corpse of man who committed suicide (Watch)

 

In what is said to be a tradition, a rather peculiar one, residents of Shikoye village in Shirere sub-county of Kakamega county, Kenya, came together and beat up the dead body of a man who committed suicide. According to mediamaxnetwork, the body of 36-year-old Nimrod Alusiola, was found hanging from the roof of his house. See the video after the cut...

Murder gang henchman found dead in street after slashing own throat with broken bottle

A member of a brutal gang who beat a man to death has been found dead in a pool of blood - after slashing his own throat with a broken bottle.

The body of Daniel McArthur was discovered outside a health centre in Moray, Scotland, on Monday night.

The 26-year-old, known as “Dobby”, had staggered along the street before collapsing in the car park.

Bloodstains could still be seen on the pavement yesterday, the Daily Record reported.

McArthur was a henchman for killer Jamie Nicol when a notorious brawl saw a drugs turf war end in murder in Elgin six years ago.

Gang leader Nicol, 29, was jailed for a minimum of 18 years but died from a suspected heroin overdose in Shotts prison in December 2012.

Man charged with murder of teenager knifed to death in London street

A man has been charged with murder after a teenager was stabbed to death in the street in broad daylight.

Lance Scott Walker, 18, was found dead in Hayes, west London, on Monday.

A post-mortem examination found the teenager died from stab wounds .

Idris Hassan, 18, was arrested and later charged with murder.

He was remanded in custody to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates' Court today.

Police were called at around 3.55pm on Monday to reports of a man suffering stab injuries in Gledwood Gardens at the junction with Gledwood Drive, Hayes.

Tiger saves zoo keeper from charging Leopard (photos)

 

Eduardo Serio, a zookeeper at the Black Jaguar White Tiger zoo in Mexico City was saved from a potential leopard attack by a tiger. A video of the dramatic incident shows Serio playing with a group of six lions around him oblivious to the danger behind as Dharma the leopard tries to sneak up on him.

Aztlan the tiger sees the danger however and stops Dharma in its stride which earns him a thankful pat from Serio. More photos after the cut...

Top 5 tips from the #MakeYourBreak entrepreneurial workshop

Youth digital marketing agency Livity Africa and the Raymond Ackerman Academy of Entrepreneurial Development partnered to empower the agency’s former and current trainees from their DigifyPRO and LiveMag programmes with business tips. Here are the top 5 from that came out of the workshop: