NEW: Major cybersecurity firm FireEye has been hacked in what it says is a highly sophisticated foreign nation-state attack that compromised its Red Team tools. A person familiar with the matter said Russia is the leading suspect.
MORE: The attack used infrastructure not previously seen in attacks elsewhere and appeared very deliberately targeted at FireEye. "This was a sniper shot that got through," a person involved in the response said. wsj.com/articles/u-s-c…
People familiar with the matter said FireEye is not sure how the intrusion took place. The hacker was very interested in gov't clients, but FireEye says it has seen no evidence yet of customer data being compromised from primary systems that hold that info wsj.com/articles/u-s-c…
The FBI is also investigating. “I’ve concluded we are witnessing an attack by a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities,” said FireEye CEO Kevin Mandia. “The attackers tailored their world-class capabilities specifically to target and attack FireEye.” wsj.com/articles/u-s-c…
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