McAfee reveals massive, five-year long cyber attack

McAfee issued a report today detailing what is at minimum a five-year, sustained, global hacking campaign launched against more than 72 high value targets. Known as "Operation: Shady RAT", the long-term cyber intrusions are said to have involved classified government networks, public agencies, multi-national companies and even, ironically, computer security firms.
McAfee refrains from being too specific about the victims, but they do identify a handful of targets, including the Department of Energy, the United Nations and the World Anti-Doping Agency in Canada. Overall, 72 identifiable entities were infiltrated, however many other unidentified targets still remained. More specifically, 22 g... »read more

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