Russian state-sponsored hackers obtained sensitive data on U.S. weapons

The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA) has warned on Feb. 16 that Russian state-sponsored hackers have been targeting U.S. cleared defense contractors (CDCs) since January 2020.

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These cyber operators were keen to obtain information on areas such as weapons and missile development; and aircraft design.

They were successful in getting sensitive but unclassified information. Their attacks was carried out mostly in the Microsoft 365 environment using legitimate credentials and a variety of malware.

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