Several Organizations Breached by Hackers

Over the weekend, suspected foreign hackers breached nine organizations in the defense, energy, health care, technology and education sectors. According to the security firm Palo Alto Networks, at least one of those organizations is in the U.S. according to a senior official with the firm, hackers stole passwords from the targeted organizations to gain long-term access to the organizations’ networks. It is unclear who’s responsible for the breach but some of their tactics they used overlap with those used by a suspected Chinese hacking group. Officials from the NSA and the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency are tracking the threat.