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Cyber

U.S. Government Warns Defense Industry Of Regular Targeting By Russia-Backed Actors

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 16th, 2022

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U.S. Government Warns Defense Industry Of Regular Targeting By Russia-Backed Actors

Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. Photo: DHS

For at least the last two years Russian state-sponsored actors have been targeting and compromising the networks of large and small defense companies whose networks carry classified information, a trio of U.S. agencies warned on Wednesday. The result has been the theft of proprietary data and information controlled by export restrictions, says the Cybersecurity Advisory (Alert AA-22-047), issued by the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, the FBI and National Security Agency. Specifically, the threat actors have…

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