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U.S. Government Issues Advisory On Cyber Compromise Of Defense Company

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, October 4th, 2022

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U.S. Government Issues Advisory On Cyber Compromise Of Defense Company

The U.S. government on Tuesday issued a Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) disclosing the breach of a defense contractor’s enterprise network by advanced persistent threat (APT) actors over several months and outlines the tools and techniques used to steal sensitive data. The CSA (AA22-277A), “Impacket and Exfiltration Tool Used to Steal Sensitive Information from Defense Industrial Base Organization,” was issued by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the FBI and National Security Agency. The name of the defense contractor wasn’t disclosed.…

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