Sophisticated attack.
First they hacked into FireEye, a company in Texas who builds software for identifying security vulnerabilities in network systems with clients that include the US gov.
Then they used that software to help infiltrate SolarWinds, a network company with 300,000+ clients including most Fortune 500 companies and organizations, and fed gov entities as well.
They broke into a range of key government networks, including in the Treasury and Commerce Departments, and had free access to their email systems, for months. FireEye’s clients, including the Department of Homeland Security and intelligence agencies.
Way to go Team America.
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First they hacked into FireEye, a company in Texas who builds software for identifying security vulnerabilities in network systems with clients that include the US gov.
Then they used that software to help infiltrate SolarWinds, a network company with 300,000+ clients including most Fortune 500 companies and organizations, and fed gov entities as well.
They broke into a range of key government networks, including in the Treasury and Commerce Departments, and had free access to their email systems, for months. FireEye’s clients, including the Department of Homeland Security and intelligence agencies.
Way to go Team America.
Russian Hackers Broke Into Federal Agencies, U.S. Officials Suspect (Published 2020)
In one of the most sophisticated and perhaps largest hacks in more than five years, email systems were breached at the Treasury and Commerce Departments. Other breaches are under investigation.
