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'ArcaneDoor' Cyberspies Hacked Cisco Firewalls to Access Government Networks


Sources suspect China is behind the targeted exploitation of two zero-day vulnerabilities in Cisco’s security appliances.

In the case of one hacking campaign over recent months, Cisco is now revealing that its firewalls served as beachheads for sophisticated hackers penetrating multiple government networks around the world. Cisco declined to say which country it believed to be responsible for the intrusions, but sources familiar with the investigation tell WIRED the campaign appears to be aligned with China's state interests. Cisco's Talos researchers warn of that broader trend in their report, referring to highly sensitive networks that they've seen targeted via edge devices in recent years.

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