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European govt air-gapped systems breached using custom malware (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/databreaches@lemmy.zip

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An APT hacking group known as GoldenJackal has successfully breached air-gapped government systems in Europe using two custom toolsets to steal sensitive data, like emails, encryption keys, images, archives, and documents.

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[–] mrcleanup@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Technically, it's a USB drive that bridged the gap. It doesn't somehow nullify the air gap, it just stops working when you break that gap. So the air gap is still useful if you can stop idiots with infected flash drives breaching it.