by winston » Wed Dec 09, 2020 6:38 pm
not vested
FireEye Tumbles After Being Hit by 'State-Sponsored' Hack
Shares of FireEye FEYE tumbled in premarket trading Wednesday after the cybersecurity-solutions provider said it was hacked, with intruders stealing tools that some of its security officials use to protect data.
FireEye called the hackers a "highly sophisticated state-sponsored adversary."
It didn't identify the country that it suspects, but a person familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal that investigators consider Russia the most likely suspect.
"I've concluded we are witnessing an attack by a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities," CEO Kevin Mandia said in a blog post on the company website.
"This attack is different from the tens of thousands of incidents we have responded to throughout the years. The attackers tailored their world-class capabilities specifically to target and attack FireEye," Mandia said.
"They are highly trained in operational security and executed with discipline and focus. They operated clandestinely, using methods that counter security tools and forensic examination. They used a novel combination of techniques not witnessed by us or our partners in the past," the CEO added.
He said the company was "actively investigating in coordination with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other key partners, including Microsoft."
FireEye said it has seen no evidence so far that the attacker "exfiltrated data" from its primary systems that store customer information.
The stock sank 8.51% in premarket trading to $14.20.
Source: The Street
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