Cybersecurity firm: Booting hackers a complex chore


The cybersecurity firm that discovered a cyberespionage campaign that has badly shaken US government agencies and the private sector says efforts to assess the impact and boot the intruders remain in their early stages. — AP

BOSTON: Efforts to assess the impact of a more than seven-month-old cyberespionage campaign blamed on Russia – and boot the intruders – remain in their early stages, says the cybersecurity firm that discovered the attack.

The hack has badly shaken the US government and private sector. The firm, FireEye, released a tool and a white paper Tuesday to help potential victims scour their cloud-based installations of Microsoft 365 – where users’ emails, documents and collaborative tools reside – to determine if hackers broke in and remain active.

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