Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, said in a statement that he has asked"relevant intelligence agencies to brief the Committee in the coming days about this attack any vulnerabilities that may arise from it, and actions to mitigate the impacts.”
“Foreign actors have not stopped attacking our country and its critical and cybersecurity infrastructure since 2016," Schiff said."In fact, they’ve continued, grown more sophisticated and only have to succeed once, while the U.S. government and companies alike have to pitch a perfect game. This news about FireEye is especially concerning because reportedly a nation-state actor made off with advanced tools that could help them mount future attacks.
Priscilla Moriuchi, a fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and a specialist on state-sponsored cyber operations, said that FireEye’s technical scope and government work has long made it a ripe target for elite government hackers.“FireEye and other cybersecurity vendors have been actively targeted by nation-state hackers for years,” she said.
The hack echoes other attacks in recent years, like the 2018 theft of elite NSA tools by an otherwise unknown entity calling itself the Shadow Brokers. The group leaked some of them to the public, leading to devastating ransomware attacksJames Andrew Lewis, director of the strategic technologies program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a think tank in Washington, said that hacking FireEye could open up opportunities to hack many of its clients.
“Hacking a cyber security company is a great way to get around a customer's defense," Lewis said in an email."The Russians may hold a grudge against FireEye. This is where private intelligence companies are at a disadvantage compared to governments.”Kevin Collier is a reporter covering cybersecurity, privacy and technology policy for NBC News.
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I guess it is now considered NOT the top rated cyber security company anymore!
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See God makes it happen to eval people what go's a round come's around now how do thay like it all govners &there famaly's r all over the internet see when u r eval all your info get's put out there see how that work's when u mess with people of other country's & us people all so
Yet these so-called patriots are ARMED, threatening to harm a gov official & child. They are fighting to restore the most incompetent administration that has left us WEAK against enemies FOREIGN & DOMESTIC . Criminal everywhere in this BANANA REPUBLIC!
Classic.