European governments & NATO hit by 'MiniDuke' cyber attack
Hackers recently hit dozens of computer systems all across Europe due to a flaw recently discovered in Adobe’s software. NATO headquarters confirmed that they too had been attacked.
These recent government attacks were said to be far more sophisticated than other attempted attacks that happen nearly on a daily basis. Some experts have suggested that this recent attack may have been some form of a state sponsored hack, but no nation being accused was mentioned in the report.
The nations falling victim to the attack included Ireland, Portugal, Romania and the Czech Republic. Both Hungary’s Laboratory of Cryptography and Systems Security along with Russia’s Kaspersky Lab confirmed the attacks. In addition, the security groups said that the attacks were orchestrated by using what they refer to as the ‘MiniDuke’.
