The Russian hackers behind a successful 2020 breach of US federal agencies have in recent months tried to infiltrate US and European government networks, cybersecurity analysts tracking the group told …
The Russian group is best known for using tampered software made by federal contractor SolarWinds to breach at least nine US agencies in activity that came to light in December 2020. The attackers were undetected for months in the unclassified email networks of the departments of Justice, Homeland Security and others, and it was FireEye, Mandiant’s former parent firm, not a government agency, that discovered the hacking campaign.
“It’s unfortunate that this type of hack has come to the Mac platform, but we are now more aware and promise to be more diligent in protecting all of you in future.” The hack comes as opportunistic hackers increasingly look to exploit popular websites to …
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