Cybersecurity
FireEye Drops After Cybersecurity Company Says It Was Hacked
- Attackers from ‘a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities’
- Breach was discovered after company found a suspicious login
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FireEye Inc., a prominent U.S. cybersecurity company, acknowledged that it had been breached, probably by hackers from a foreign adversary. The attackers made off with sensitive tools that FireEye uses to find vulnerabilities in clients’ computer networks.
The attackers were a “nation with top-tier offensive capabilities,” said Chief Executive Officer Kevin Mandia. He didn’t identify the country suspected in the attack, but a person familiar with the incident said investigators believe hackers closely aligned with the Russian government were behind it.