FireEye cybersecurity firm’s ‘Red Team’ tools hacked in ‘state-sponsored attack’

Published December 8, 2020 11:49pm ET



A multibillion-dollar cybersecurity firm specializing in exposing and fighting foreign cyberattacks said it was hacked by a sophisticated nation-state actor.

FireEye, a $3.5 billion Silicon Valley company famous for helping governments and its large corporate clients respond to cyberattacks, announced in a blog post on Tuesday the theft of secretive “Red Team” cybertools that mimic a cyber adversary’s online attacks and assist clients with defending against them.

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