https://www.itnews.com.au/news/cyber-spies-use-linkedin-to-hack-european-defence-firms-549385
By Jack Stubbs
itnews.com.au
June 18, 2020
Hackers posed as recruiters working for US defence giants Collins Aerospace and
General Dynamics on LinkedIn to break into the networks of military contractors
in Europe, cybersecurity researchers said.
The cyber spies were able to compromise the systems of at least two defence and
aerospace firms in Central Europe last year by approaching employees with
pseudo job offers from the US firms, Slovakia-based cybersecurity firm ESET
said.
The attackers then used LinkedIn's private messaging feature to send documents
containing malicious code which the employees were tricked into opening, said
Jean-Ian Boutin, ESET's head of threat research.
ESET declined to name the victims, citing client confidentiality, and said it
was unclear if any information was stolen.
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