Biden DHS: Russian State-Sponsored Hackers Targeted Defense Contractors

Biden DHS: Russian State-Sponsored Hackers Targeted Defense Contractors
An engineering student takes part in a hacking challenge near Paris on March 16, 2013. Thomas Samson/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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Russian hackers have allegedly obtained sensitive defense information technology by targeting American contractors, said several federal agencies in a bulletin posted Wednesday.

From at least January 2020 through February 2022, the agencies “have observed regular targeting of U.S. cleared defense contractors by Russian state-sponsored cyber actors,” said the Department of Homeland Security-run Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and National Security Agency (NSA).
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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