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Remote access giant AnyDesk resets passwords and revokes certificates after hack
Hackers gained access to the AnyDesk's production systems, putting the company in lockdown for almost a week.
News of the suspected breach began to spread last Monday when AnyDesk announced it had swapped its code-signing certificates, which companies use to prevent hackers from tampering with their code. Following a days-long outage, AnyDesk confirmed in a statement late on Friday that the company had “found evidence of compromised production systems.” As first reported by German blogger Günter Born, AnyDesk initially claimed the four days of disruption starting January 29, during which the company blocked users from the ability to log in, was “maintenance.” Jake Williams, a veteran incident responder, accused AnyDesk in a post on X of pulling a “PR move” by disclosing the cyberattack to customers just before the weekend.
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