Thursday, 5 March, 2026
Cybersecurity firm FireEye discloses breach, theft of hacking tools
By Basit Ansari
<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’s shares dropped 8% in after-hours trading. The FireEye breach was disclosed in a public filing by CEO Kevin Mandia. The company said "red team tools" were stolen as part of a highly sophisticated previously unseen techniques. Hackers were interested in a subset of FireEye government customers.</p>
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