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U.S. Defense, Critical Infrastructure Companies Targeted in New Threat Campaign

December 13, 2018

McAfee finds malware associated with ‘Operation Sharpshooter’ on systems belonging to at least 87 organizations.

A cyberthreat group using malware tied to the Sony Pictures hack of late 2014 is attacking nuclear, defense, energy, and financial companies in what appears to be a campaign to gather information for future exploitation.

In October and November alone, the malware has appeared on systems belonging to at least 87 organizations, most of them in the US, McAfee said in a report this week.

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