Pentagon in the hands of hackers

According to IRNA on Monday, the CNN news website wrote about this: Unidentified foreign hackers have leaked information to 9 institutions and organizations that have been active in the field of military, energy, health and technology and some of their intelligence servers are located in the United States. They have infiltrated.

Hacking information from US military contractors

“Investigations by the US National Security Agency (NSA) show that hackers have stolen information from military contractors dealing with the Pentagon,” the website said. The National Security Agency, along with the US-based Security Infrastructure (CISA), is monitoring the cyber-threats to the US military industry.

CNN reported: According to an analysis by the American information technology company “Palo Alto Networks” based in “Santa Clara”, California, revealed that in these cases, hackers attempted to steal the passwords of servers. They are present in the target organizations and companies and have continued to infiltrate and obtain information from the servers in these organizations until they are identified.

Ryan Olson, a senior official at the company, claimed that although the foreign hackers were not identifiable, the method they used was very similar to the cyber tactics of Chinese-linked groups.

US military contractors are the most important sources of information

“While the two US security agencies, the NSA and the CISA, refuse to reveal the origin of these hackers and hide it,” CNN continued. US military contractors have been repeatedly attacked by cybercriminals because of the confidential information they may have on their servers.

The American media claimed that the cyber security company “Mandiant” revealed earlier this year that hackers attributed to China have used various software to infiltrate military, financial and public sector organizations in the United States and Europe. .

Any company dealing with the Pentagon is a target for cyber attacks

Ryan Olson told CNN: “Any company that is a party to a contract with the Pentagon, because of the possibility of military intelligence, is an important target for the release of this information by foreign hackers, sometimes this information may be confidential and classified. No, but it allows hackers to find out how the company works with the Department of Defense.

Use of vulnerable software

CNN added: “Palo Alto Networks” company further revealed that hackers hacked into the system and servers that use vulnerable software to extract users’ passwords and the two US security agencies, NSA and CISA, despite issuing warnings. Shortly after the warning, 370 computers in the United States that ignored the alerts were attacked by US companies last September for upgrading software and software.

Morgan Adamski, director of the US Cybersecurity Cooperation Center, told CNN in a statement: “The revelation of the cyber-attacks shows the immediate impact and efforts of the US National Security Agency in defending the interests of the country and its partners.” America is on.

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