Global hacking campaign targets critical infrastructure

Global hacking campaign targets critical infrastructure

5 years ago
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https://www.cnet.com/news/global-hacking-campaign-targets-critical-infrastructure/

President Donald Trump signed an executive order last year designed to bolster the United States' cybersecurity by protecting federal networks, critical infrastructure and the public online.

Dubbed Operation Sharpshooter, the campaign masqueraded as job recruitment activity to get targets to open malicious documents. The documents contained a malicious implant called Rising Sun that installed a backdoor that gives hackers the opportunity to extract intelligence, McAfee said.