CISA, FBI and NSA issue advisory on Russian-linked cyber activity with U.S. defense contractors. Russian state-sponsored hackers have been targeting cleared defense contractors over the last two years, the agencies say. The agencies warn defense contractors to implement good cyber hygiene practices to mitigate risks to their networks. In some instances, persistence on the CDCs’ networks lasted at least six months, the advisory says. In the advisory, officials say both large and small CDCs and subcontractors have been “targeted for unclassified proprietary and export-controlled information””]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/agencies-say-russian-hackers-targeting-defense-contractors-a-18530