Sophos attackers breached intelligence agency, wrote code to survive firmware updates

Sophos's five-year battle with Chinese attackers saw it breached via a projector, numerous firewall zero days exploited, hit back to burn a rootkit. Thanks for hardening your s*** says CISA; now can others do it too please?

By Edward Targett

Updated Nov 12, 2024 7:53 PM / Published Nov 1, 2024 10:35 AM 5 min read

Sophos attackers breached intelligence agency, wrote code to survive firmware updates

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Edward Targett

Ed is a co-founder of The Stack. He previously edited Computer Business Review. He has also covered energy markets. He started his journalism career on local papers. He left school at 15 and has made a living asking "but why?" ever since.