The mystery is solved. The NSA said that bad weather was to blame for the downtime ofits website for almost two days.
The shadowy intelligence agency said Wednesday afternoon that it was experiencing a “technology issue” related to Monday’s storm near its headquarters in Fort Meade, Maryland. The problems with the NSA website were first noticed around the same time on Monday.
Kevin Beaumont, a security engineer, said on Twitter that the NSA's external services - including its website and other non-internal Web services - went offline, although there are suspicions that the agency itself "pulled the plug."
However, looking at Monday's weather, there were thunderstorms and heavy rainfall in the Fort Meade area of Maryland, where the NSA headquarters is located.
However, the timing allows for various correlations….
A day earlier, a hacking group believed to be affiliated with the NSA, known as the Equation Group, was targeted by hackers, resulting in the leak of dozens of exploits used to attack various targets and systems. Another group, calling itself the Shadow Brokers, obtained the exploits and began auctioning them off with the goal of selling the tools to the highest bidder.
Given the breach, many thought the NSA website was down for some “internal review.”
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