Hack Suggests New Scope, Sophistication for Cyberattacks – WSJ

The suspected Russian hack that compromised parts of the U.S. government was executed with a scope and sophistication that has surprised even veteran security experts and exposed a potentially critical vulnerability in America s technology infrastructure, according to investigators.

As the probe continues into the massive hack which cast a nearly invisible net across 18,000 companies and government agencies security specialists are uncovering new evidence that indicates the operation is part of a broader, previously undetected cyber espionage campaign that may stretch back years.

The attack blended extraordinarily stealthy tradecraft, using cyber tools never before seen in a previous attack, with a strategy that zeroed in on a weak link in the software supply chain that all U.S. businesses and government institutions rely on an approach security experts have long feared but one that has never been used on U.S. targets in such a concerted way.

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Eesh.