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[German]An espionage operation by the Chinese government in a computer network of the Dutch military has probably been uncovered. The military network was hacked via a vulnerability in FortiGate. This is also relevant for other Fortinet customers. And it has since been revealed that the Volt Typhoon botnet, which was allegedly operated by Chinese state-affiliated hackers and recently shut down by the FBI, had probably been in existence for five years. The US security agency CISA published further details on Feb. 7, 2024.

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[German]AnyDesk confirmed a few hours ago that the cyber incident took place "at the end of December 2023". In addition, the old certificate of "philandro Software GmbH" is now likely to be criticized. The background to this is that a third party had applied to DigiCert for a "revoke" and this application was granted. Here is an updated overview of what has happened in the last 24 hours.

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[German]The successful cyberattack on AnyDesk, a provider of remote maintenance software, is making quite a stir. Officially, the incident was confirmed by AnyDesk on February 2, 2024 (specifically Friday evening at 10:44 pm). Almost nothing is known – neither when, nor what exactly was hacked. I've been working on this topic since January 2024 and an overall picture is emerging from many bits and pieces of information. I now have various sources that indicate that the hack was noticed as early as December 20, 2023. Addendum: AnyDesk has confirmed my suspicions, see my text below.

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