Suspected foreign hackers have targeted sensitive data at multiple US defense contractors, a security company tells CNN
With the help of the National Security Agency, cybersecurity researchers are exposing an ongoing effort by these unidentified hackers to steal key data from US defense contractors and other sensitive targets.It's the type of cyber espionage that security agencies in both the Biden and Trump administrations have aggressively sought to expose before it does too much damage.
declined to comment on the identity of the hackers.With their trove of national security-related secrets, US defense contractors are a recurring target for foreign hackers.Cybersecurity firm Mandiant earlier this year revealed that China-linked hackers had been exploiting a different software vulnerability to breach defense, financial and public sector organizations in the US and Europe.
and the FBI warned the public in September that hackers were exploiting the software flaw and urged organizations to update their systems. Days later, the hackers tracked by Palo Alto Networks scanned 370 computer servers running the software in the US alone, and then began to exploit the software.Olson encouraged organizations that use the Zoho software to update their systems and search for signs of a breach.
used a nascent public-private defensive program to"understand, amplify, and drive action in response to the activity identified" in the Palo Alto Networks report, said Executive Assistant Director for Cybersecurity Eric Goldstein.The disclosure of the hacking campaign shows how the NSA is"delivering real-time impact to our partners and the defense of the nation," Morgan Adamski, director of the agency's Cybersecurity Collaboration Center, said in a statement to CNN.
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