Cybersecurity giant FireEye announced that it was hacked by nation-state actors, likely Russian state-sponsored hackers. In a blog post, FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia said company tools used for testing customers’ security had been stolen. “The attacker primarily sought information related to certain government customers,” he wrote. The hackers “used a novel combination of techniques not witnessed by us or our partners in the past.” As of this writing, FireEye has seen no evidence to date that any attacker has used the stolen tools.
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