Shadow Brokers, the group behind last yearsrelease of hacking exploits allegedly used by the National Security Agency,has dropped another trove of files. In a Medium posttoday, the hacker group offered up a password giving freeaccess to files it had previously tried to auction off.

The Shadow Brokers first came to prominence last August whenthey leaked exploits linked tothe NSA and the Equation Groupcontaining vulnerabilities inmajor firewall products.The group would later release a list of IP addressesit claimed were compromised by the Equation Group.

Shadow Brokerswas hoping to auction off another set of files, but didntattract very much interest or Bitcoin in the attempt. After that failed, the group posted a farewell message in January and leaked a new set of Windows-related vulnerabilities.

Todays leak from the Shadow Brokerscomes with a lengthy Medium post, in which the group says it is releasing the files as a form of protest after losing faith in the leadership ofPresident Donald Trump. Claiming that Trump appears to be abandoning his base, the post also offers a list of suggestions for how the president could Make America Great Again.

Security researchers are still goingthrough the files, but many of the exploits appear to be used for attacking older or little-used systems. And at least one guy thinks this leak might lead to the unmasking of the hackers:

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