“The companies that are getting hacked, they are also losing information.” While the number of government agencies and companies hacked by the SVR was smaller this year than last, when some 100 organizations were breached, assessing the damage is difficult, said Charles Carmakal, Mandiant’s chief technical officer. geopolitical rivals, whose cyber-intrusion skillset is matched only by that of the United States.Ī year after it discovered the SolarWinds intrusions, Mandiant said the hackers associated with Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence agency continue to steal data “relevant to Russian interests” with great effect using novel, stealthy techniques that it detailed in a mostly technical report aimed at helping security professionals stay alert. The dual announcements, though unrelated, highlight the unrelenting drumbeat of digital spying by its top U.S. The seized domains include “,” “” and “.”

It said in a blog that “a key piece of the infrastructure the group has been relying on” in its latest wave of infiltrations was removed. Microsoft said a Virginia federal court had granted its request last Thursday to seize 42 web domains that the Chinese hacking group, which it calls Nickel but which is also known as APT15 and Vixen Panda, were using to access targets typically aligned with China’s geopolitical interests. and 28 other countries, chiefly in Latin America and Europe. and allied government agencies and foreign policy think tanks with consummate craft and stealth, a leading cybersecurity firm reported.Īlso Monday, Microsoft announced that it had disrupted the cyber-spying of a state-backed Chinese hacking group by seizing websites it used to gather intelligence from foreign ministries, think tanks and human rights organizations in the U.S. WASHINGTON (AP) - The elite Russian state hackers behind last year’s massive SolarWinds cyberespionage campaign hardly eased up this year, managing plenty of infiltrations of U.S.

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