From April through mid-September, with a 45-day hiatus in between, hackers were busy attacking a series of targets, culminating in the chemical and defense industries, Symantec has reported. A total of 29 chemical industry companies and 19 others, mainly in the defense sector, were hit. The hackers allegedly stole intellectual property from their victims. Symantec has nicknamed the attacks on the chemical industry “Nitro.” The attackers have apparently used the same methodology as that employed to breach the systems of security vendor RSA back in March.
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'Nitro' Hackers Rifle Through Chemical Companies' Secret Data
Posted by: Richard Adhikari November 1, 2011 12:10 PMFrom April through mid-September, with a 45-day hiatus in between, hackers were busy attacking a series of targets, culminating in the chemical and defense industries, Symantec has reported. A total of 29 chemical industry companies and 19 others, mainly in the defense sector, were hit. The hackers allegedly stole intellectual property from their victims. Symantec has nicknamed the attacks on the chemical industry “Nitro.” The attackers have apparently used the same methodology as that employed to breach the systems of security vendor RSA back in March.