Notorious hacker IntelBroker has allegedly released stolen documents containing classified information belonging to the Five Eyes intelligence alliance. The group claims to have breached Acuity, a technology consulting firm which provides DevSecOps, IT operations and modernization, cybersecurity and more to the state agency.
Darren Williams, CEO and Founder, BlackFog has this comment:
“Data exfiltration continues to plague government institutions which hold invaluable information pertaining to both national security initiatives as well as those who work on national security initiatives. Those members will likely be targets of phishing and social engineering attacks for some time. Government entities should be incredibly careful of which third-party firms they work with, especially regarding IT and cybersecurity efforts. Any third-party which handles sensitive information should be vetted to ensure they invest in technology such as anti data exfiltration tools, which will prevent any unauthorized data from leaving the system.”
This is an area where I can comfortably say that most organizations need to improve upon. Because when you work with a third party, you have to be able to trust that they won’t have weaknesses that will lead to you being pwned. So I would strongly recommend that this is an area that organizations need to pay particular focus on.
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IntelBroker Releases Documents Belonging To The Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance…. Yikes!
Notorious hacker IntelBroker has allegedly released stolen documents containing classified information belonging to the Five Eyes intelligence alliance. The group claims to have breached Acuity, a technology consulting firm which provides DevSecOps, IT operations and modernization, cybersecurity and more to the state agency.
Darren Williams, CEO and Founder, BlackFog has this comment:
“Data exfiltration continues to plague government institutions which hold invaluable information pertaining to both national security initiatives as well as those who work on national security initiatives. Those members will likely be targets of phishing and social engineering attacks for some time. Government entities should be incredibly careful of which third-party firms they work with, especially regarding IT and cybersecurity efforts. Any third-party which handles sensitive information should be vetted to ensure they invest in technology such as anti data exfiltration tools, which will prevent any unauthorized data from leaving the system.”
This is an area where I can comfortably say that most organizations need to improve upon. Because when you work with a third party, you have to be able to trust that they won’t have weaknesses that will lead to you being pwned. So I would strongly recommend that this is an area that organizations need to pay particular focus on.
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