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Justice Department Announces Disruption of the Snake Malware Network

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Re: Justice Department Announces Disruption of the Snake Malware Network

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> "The FBI gained physical access to some of the compromised computers, studied Snake and developed a tool called “Perseus” to decrypt and decode Snake communications."

I'm confused. Did FBI create Perseus, or did they buy it[1]?

[1]https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-57881364