Russian Hacking Group Claims to Breach Three AV Companies
I know what youre thinking. That I am simply being overly sensational to create a sense of fear. But, youre wrong. What happened is not only bad, but really, really bad.
The Russian hacking group called Fxmsp is claiming to have hacked three of the most popular security solutions. However, to date, the names of these organization have not been released.
There is no evidence that customer data has been leaked because the group went straight for these companies jugulars. Instead of breaching customer data, they stole private company information. Now customers may think they are in the clear because their data wasnt taken, but they couldnt be more wrong. Security experts have found credible evidence the information taken by the hackers includes development documents, artificial intelligence models and security solution base codes. This means hackers know exactly how to bypass the security solutions developed by these three companies. As I said, this is really, really bad. Not only for the companies who have to do damage control but for anyone using these solutions. But there is a problem. No one knows what companies were breached. Komando reached out to Bitdefender, Avast, Norton, and McAfee for a comment. Both Bitdefender and Avast confirmed they were not one of the companies impacted. Norton and McAfee have yet to respond.
The Russian hacking group called Fxmsp is claiming to have hacked three of the most popular security solutions. However, to date, the names of these organization have not been released.
There is no evidence that customer data has been leaked because the group went straight for these companies jugulars. Instead of breaching customer data, they stole private company information. Now customers may think they are in the clear because their data wasnt taken, but they couldnt be more wrong. Security experts have found credible evidence the information taken by the hackers includes development documents, artificial intelligence models and security solution base codes. This means hackers know exactly how to bypass the security solutions developed by these three companies. As I said, this is really, really bad. Not only for the companies who have to do damage control but for anyone using these solutions. But there is a problem. No one knows what companies were breached. Komando reached out to Bitdefender, Avast, Norton, and McAfee for a comment. Both Bitdefender and Avast confirmed they were not one of the companies impacted. Norton and McAfee have yet to respond.
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