TeamViewer Breach: Midnight Blizzard Hacks Corporate Network, Users Put on High Alert
TeamViewer’s network was breached by Russian hacking group Midnight Blizzard. The attack accessed an employee’s credentials but not the production environment or customer data. TeamViewer urges users to enable multi-factor authentication and monitor connections closely.
Hot Take:
Well, if you thought your remote workday couldn’t get any more exciting, Midnight Blizzard just dialed in to say, “Hold my VPN.” TeamViewer’s corporate network breach is the cybersecurity drama we didn’t ask for but clearly needed!
Key Points:
- TeamViewer’s corporate network breached by Russian state-sponsored group Midnight Blizzard.
- Incident identified on June 26 using an employee’s compromised credentials.
- No customer data or production environment accessed, claims TeamViewer.
- Segregation of corporate and production environments as part of a ‘defense-in-depth’ approach.
- Customers advised to implement multi-factor authentication and monitor network connections.
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