<story><title>Kaspersky Lab cybersecurity firm is hacked</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33083050</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>DickingAround</author><text>A lot of beating around the bush; just say the US and&amp;#x2F;or Isreal did it.&lt;p&gt;We already know Duqu was made by the same people who made Stuxnet. We already know Stuxnet was made by the US and&amp;#x2F;or Isreal to hurt the Iranian nuclear program. So if they have strong evidence it was the same people... we know who those people are and we should just say their names.</text></comment>
<story><title>Kaspersky Lab cybersecurity firm is hacked</title><url>http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33083050</url><text></text></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mirimir</author><text>Intel Security just reported that &amp;quot;[p]ersistent and virtually undetectable attacks by the Equation Group that reprogram hard disk drives and solid state drive firmware.&amp;quot;[0,1] It&amp;#x27;s interesting that this threat was first reported by Kaspersky in February.[2]&lt;p&gt;The firmware exploits are part of the attack system with Duqu 2.0, right?&lt;p&gt;[0] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.mcafee.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;security-awareness&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;mcafee-labs-threats-report-may-2015.aspx&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.mcafee.com&amp;#x2F;us&amp;#x2F;security-awareness&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;mcafee-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=9685829&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=9685829&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.kaspersky.com&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;virus&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;equation-group-the-crown-creator-of-cyber-espionage&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.kaspersky.com&amp;#x2F;about&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;virus&amp;#x2F;2015&amp;#x2F;equation-grou...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>