Hackers breach security firm Bit9, attack its customers

[jes]

Hackers breach security firm Bit9, attack its customers

Security software maker Bit9 said that computer hackers have breached its network, then launched a second round of attacks against some of its customers.

 

[kingrob]

“Due to an operational oversight within Bit9, we failed to install our own product on a handful of computers within our network,” Chief Executive Patrick Morley wrote on Bit9′s blog. “As a result, a malicious third party was able to illegally gain temporary access to one of our digital code-signing certificates that they then used to illegitimately sign malware.”

What an utter and complete moron.

And companies trust their secrets with these muppets?

 

[biometrics]

HB Gary ... will this one go under too?

 

[hashbrown99]

Bit9, which has about a 1,000 customers including U.S. government agencies and major defense, energy and financial companies, is one of the leading providers of security technology known as “white listing.”

 

[crackersa]

What an utter and complete moron.

And companies trust their secrets with these muppets?

i was speechless. sounds like the ops office needs to be replaced.

 

[j4ck455]

The official story sounds like a cover for something even more embarassing.

 

[Space_Chief]

What an utter and complete moron.

And companies trust their secrets with these muppets?

Human error. It happens all the time. Nothing surprising.

 

[kingrob]

Human error. It happens all the time. Nothing surprising.

No, not human error.

Just pure negligence.