Cybersecurity
Suspected Russian Hackers Targeted Cyber Firm Malwarebytes
- Attackers gained access to ‘limited subset’ of company emails
- Other cybersecurity firms were hit in widespread campaign
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Suspected Russian hackers targeted the cybersecurity company Malwarebytes Inc. in the course of a sprawling cyber-attack that breached U.S. government agencies and companies.
The attacker abused “applications with privileged access to Microsoft Office 365 and Azure environments,” according to a Tuesday blog post by Chief Executive Officer Marcin Kleczynski. He said the attack was part of the same hacking campaign that has utilized infected software from SolarWinds Corp. to target other organizations.