RSA’s SecurID tokens were compromised by an advanced persistent threat (APT) from an undisclosed nation state. Hackers used the same command and control techniques that infiltrated RSA to target 760 companies around the world. The APT managed to hack RSA’s security network because the company failed to update its Windows XP operating system. One positive aspect of the APT has been greater information sharing, says RSA chief information security officer, Eddie Schwartz, who told Computerworld Australia that the company now has “brothers in arms””]