Software company TeamViewer said it is investigating a possible intrusion of its internal corporate IT environment after discovering irregularities on Wednesday.
In a statement published on Thursday afternoon, the company explained that it immediately activated teams to begin looking into the issue.
TeamViewer is a popular software used by hundreds of large organizations to manage fleets of devices.
The company has previously faced attacks by alleged Chinese hackers and its products have often been deployed maliciously by hackers themselves during security incidents.
The TeamViewer statement on Thursday came after reports emerged on social media of multiple organizations warning members of alleged nation-state attacks involving TeamViewer software.
A researcher shared a message from cybersecurity firm NCC Group and another from the non-profit healthcare cybersecurity organization Health-ISAC about the issue on Thursday.
APT29 is believed to be part of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service which is responsible for foreign espionage and electronic surveillance.
The hackers have been behind some of Russia's most devastating, brazen attacks on the U.S., including the 2020 SolarWinds hack and the 2016 attack on the Democratic National Committee.
They were recently implicated in attacks on major tech providers like Microsoft and Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
In April, the top cybersecurity agency in the U.S. warned that the attack on Microsoft exposed emails from several federal agencies that may have contained authentication details or credentials.
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This Cyber News was published on therecord.media. Publication date: Fri, 28 Jun 2024 00:20:22 +0000