Wednesday, February 16, 2022

U.S. Intelligence Says Russian Hackers Successfully Raided Defense Contractors For Two Years

The Hill: US says Russian hackers targeted defense contractors 

The U.S. intelligence community says that Russian-sponsored actors have been targeting defense contractors for at least the past two years and in some cases have gained access to sensitive information. 

In an alert released Wednesday, the FBI, National Security Agency (NSA) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said they had observed “regular targeting” of contractors from at least January 2022 through this month. The intrusions have allowed the hackers to acquire “sensitive, unclassified information, as well as [cleared defense contractor]-proprietary and export-controlled technology,” reads the alert.  

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WNU Editor: The FBI report is here (link here). 

U.S. Intelligence Says Russian Hackers Successfully Raided Defense Contractors For Two Years  

Russian hackers raided defense contractors for two years, stole sensitive info -- Breaking Defense  

US says Russian hackers have collected intelligence from American defense contractors -- CNN 

US defense contractors repeatedly targeted by Russian hackers: feds -- NYPost  

Russian Hackers Gained Sensitive Information From US Defense Contractors, Feds Say -- Forbes  

U.S. warns of Russia-sponsored hackers targeting defense contractors -- Axios

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