It has been reported that state-sponsored hackers – suspected to be working for Russia – have been monitoring emails at the US Treasury Department and another American federal agency for months. The US intelligence community is reportedly concerned that the hackers who targeted the Treasury and an agency of the Commerce Department may have been spying on other agencies too.
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@Sam Curry, Chief Security Officer, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"The good news is that the infrequency of these types of directives will catch everyone’s eye and reinforce the seriousness of this latest breach...."
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https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/expert-comments/expert-reacted-on-us-treasury-and-commerce-departments-targeted-in-cyber-attack
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@Sam Curry, Chief Security Officer, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"The good news is that the infrequency of these types of directives will catch everyone’s eye and reinforce the seriousness of this latest breach...."
#infosec #cybersecurity #isdots
https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/expert-comments/expert-reacted-on-us-treasury-and-commerce-departments-targeted-in-cyber-attack
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@Matt Walmsley, EMEA Director, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"A threat actor can then, with a few clicks, reconfigure email rules, compromise SharePoint and OneDrive file stores...."
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https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/expert-comments/expert-reacted-on-us-treasury-and-commerce-departments-targeted-in-cyber-attack
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@Matt Walmsley, EMEA Director, provides expert commentary at @Information Security Buzz.
"A threat actor can then, with a few clicks, reconfigure email rules, compromise SharePoint and OneDrive file stores...."
#infosec #cybersecurity #isdots
https://informationsecuritybuzz.com/expert-comments/expert-reacted-on-us-treasury-and-commerce-departments-targeted-in-cyber-attack