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FireEye confirms APT41 hacked TeamViewer, may have accessed billions of devices

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Re: FireEye confirms APT41 hacked TeamViewer, may have accessed billions of devices

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Is this from the 2016 hack or a new one?

The Chief Security Architect of FireEye posted this Tweet last week clarifying that there isn't a new compromise of TeamViewer, and the social media posts suggesting there is are misinterpreting a slide from a conference presentation.

https://twitter.com/cglyer/status/1183210046093758464

Re: FireEye confirms APT41 hacked TeamViewer, may have accessed billions of devices

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The article should've linked to this tweet[0] by the same researcher instead:

> "APT41 compromised company behind TeamViewer - which enabled them to access any system with TeamViewer installed"

[0] https://twitter.com/cglyer/status/1182413194360508419

Re: FireEye confirms APT41 hacked TeamViewer, may have accessed billions of devices

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There is an ongoing trend the last several weeks of highly sensationalized cybersecurity incidents being mis-reported and ending up being nothing.

Not sure if it’s just a cluster of fuckups or if something is contributing to the uptick in false reports. But add this one to the list.

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