Cyber spies use LinkedIn to hack European defence firms

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https://www.itnews.com.au/news/cyber-spies-use-linkedin-to-hack-european-defence-firms-549385

By Jack Stubbs
itnews.com.au
June 18, 2020

Hackers posed as recruiters working for US defence giants Collins Aerospace and 
General Dynamics on LinkedIn to break into the networks of military contractors 
in Europe, cybersecurity researchers said.

The cyber spies were able to compromise the systems of at least two defence and 
aerospace firms in Central Europe last year by approaching employees with 
pseudo job offers from the US firms, Slovakia-based cybersecurity firm ESET 
said.

The attackers then used LinkedIn's private messaging feature to send documents 
containing malicious code which the employees were tricked into opening, said 
Jean-Ian Boutin, ESET's head of threat research.

ESET declined to name the victims, citing client confidentiality, and said it 
was unclear if any information was stolen.

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