'Russian state-sponsored cyber actors' cited in hacks of U.S. defense contractors

For more than two years, “Russian state-sponsored cyber actors” have targeted the emails and other data of U.S. defense contractors that handle sensitive information about weapons development, computer systems, intelligence-gathering technology and more, the federal government warned Wednesday. The alert from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said cleared defense contractors (CDCs) are the primary victims of the breaches. Those companies are authorized by the Department of Defense to access, receive and store classified information as part of their contracting …

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