Friday, 24 March, 2023

Cybersecurity firm FireEye discloses breach, theft of hacking tools

<p>In one of the most bizarre cybersecurity breaches in recent past, cybersecurity firm FireEye had been hacked, possibly, by a government-backed hacking operation. The company&rsquo;s shares dropped 8% in after-hours trading. The FireEye breach was disclosed in a public filing by CEO Kevin Mandia. The company said &quot;red team tools&quot; were stolen as part of a highly sophisticated previously unseen techniques. Hackers were interested in a subset of FireEye government customers.</p>