{"id":36088,"date":"2020-07-15T14:29:25","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T14:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/31399\/Report-CIA-Behind-APT34-FSB-Hacks-And-Data-Dumps.html"},"modified":"2020-07-15T14:29:25","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T14:29:25","slug":"report-cia-behind-apt34-fsb-hacks-and-data-dumps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/report-cia-behind-apt34-fsb-hacks-and-data-dumps\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: CIA Behind APT34, FSB Hacks, And Data Dumps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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CIA headquarters in Langley, VA. (Image: file photo)<\/p>\n

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Cyberwar and the Future of Cybersecurity <\/a> <\/p>\n

Today’s security threats have expanded in scope and seriousness. There can now be millions — or even billions — of dollars at risk when information security isn’t handled properly.<\/p>\n

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US President Donald Trump gave broad powers to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2018 to carry out offensive cyber operations across the globe.<\/p>\n

In an exclusive today, Yahoo News reported<\/a> that the agency used its newly acquired powers to orchestrate “at least a dozen operations” across the world.<\/p>\n

The CIA was already authorized to conduct silent surveillance and data collection, but the new powers allow it to go even further.<\/p>\n

“This has been a combination of destructive things – stuff is on fire and exploding – and also public dissemination of data: leaking or things that look like leaking,” a former US government official told Yahoo News.<\/p>\n

While the former official didn’t go into the specifics of each operation, Yahoo News reporters believe the CIA’s new powers and modus operandi link it to a series of hack-and-dump incidents that took place primarily in 2019, such as:<\/p>\n