Hackers Breach Cybersecurity Company In Apparent Revenge On Employee. A threat analyst at the cybersecurity firm Mandiant has been hacked and the attackers are claiming to have lurked on his computer for a year, collecting his login credentials for various sites and tracking his location. The hackers got their hands on some internal data about the clients Mandiant and its parent company Fire. Eye protect, including the Israeli Defense Forces. Mandiant confirmed the data breach.“We are aware of reports that a Mandiant employee’s social media accounts and personal laptop have been compromised. ![]() ![]() Lyberty.com's weekly/monthly splash page. (Yes, a splash page is old fashioned, but it's been a tradition here since 1999.). No more missed important software updates! UpdateStar 11 lets you stay up to date and secure with the software on your computer. We are investigating this situation, and have taken steps to limit further exposure,” a Fire. Eye spokesperson told Gizmodo.
While our investigation is ongoing, there is currently no evidence that Fire. Eye or Mandiant corporate systems have been compromised. Our top priority is ensuring that our customer data is secure. To date, we have confirmed the exposure of business documents related to two separate customers in Israel, and have addressed this situation with those customers directly.” The investigation is ongoing, the spokesperson added. Mandiant’s employee, Adi Peretz, appears to have been targeted because of his work—a post apparently written by the hackers mentions that Peretz may have disrupted one of their breach plans. Here’s what they allegedly had to say: For a long time we - the 3. Analysts” whom trying to trace our attack footprints back to us and prove they are better than us. In the #Leak. The. Analyst operation we say fuck the consequence let’s track them on Facebook, Linked- in, Tweeter, etc. If during your stealth operation you pwned an analyst, target him and leak his personal and professional data, as a side job of course ; ). Although it’s easy to laugh at a guy whose Linked. In page got defaced with a picture of a hairy butt, the hack just goes to show that even security professionals can be vulnerable. Industry professionals are probably taking some time today for a security checkup, and you should, too.
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