U.S. Treasury breached by hackers backed by foreign government – sources
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#2How do they know it was backed by a foreign government?
I would immediately suspect China or North Korea but that seems too obvious and a bit of a setup?
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#3> The hack involves the NTIA’s office software, Microsoft’s Office 365. Staff emails at the agency were monitored by the hackers for months, sources said.
> The hackers are “highly sophisticated” and have been able to trick the Microsoft platform’s authentication controls, according to a person familiar with the incident, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to speak to the press.
> “This is a nation state,” said a different person briefed on the matter. “We just don’t know which one yet.”
I bet it was someone on r/wallstreetbets
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#6> The hack involves the NTIA’s office software, Microsoft’s Office 365. Staff emails at the agency were monitored by the hackers for months, sources said. > The hackers are “highly sophisticated” and have been able to trick the Microsoft platform’s authentication controls, according to a person familiar with the incident, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not allowed to speak to the press. > “This…
Microsoft Office. Of course.
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#7How do they know it was backed by a foreign government? I would immediately suspect China or North Korea but that seems too obvious and a bit of a setup?
Could be just about anyone. Knowing what USA has done, it seems that even this type activity is standard even between "friendly" governments....
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#10How do they know it was backed by a foreign government? I would immediately suspect China or North Korea but that seems too obvious and a bit of a setup?
Could be just about anyone. Knowing what USA has done, it seems that even this type activity is standard even between "friendly" governments....
Yeah, pretty much everyone has been doing this all time, as long as they have the capability...