Remote access giant TeamViewer says Russian spies hacked its corporate network TechCrunch

pCommentppTeamViewer the company that makes widely used remote access tools for companies has confirmed an ongoing cyberattack on its corporate network ppIn a statement Friday the company attributed the compromise to governmentbacked hackers working for Russian intelligence known as APT29 and Midnight BlizzardppThe Germanybased company said its investigation so far points to an initial intrusion on June 26 tied to credentials of a standard employee account within our corporate IT environment ppTeamViewer said that the cyberattack was contained to its corporate network and that the company keeps its internal network and customer systems separate The company added that it has no evidence that the threat actor gained access to our product environment or customer data ppMartina Dier a spokesperson for TeamViewer declined to answer a series of questions from TechCrunch including whether the company has the technical ability such as logs to determine what if any data was accessed or exfiltrated from its networkppTeamViewer is one of the more popular providers of remote access tools allowing its corporate customers including shipping giant DHL and beverage maker CocaCola per its website to access other devices and computers over the internet The company says it has more than 600000 paying customers and facilitates remote access to more than 25 billion devices around the world ppTeamViewer is also known to be abused by malicious hackers for its ability to be used to remotely plant malware on a victims device ppIts not known how the TeamViewer employees credentials were compromised and TeamViewer did not say  ppThe US government and security researchers have long attributed APT29 to hackers working for Russias foreign intelligence service the SVR APT29 is one of the more persistent wellresourced governmentbacked hacking groups and is known for its use of simple but effective hacking techniques including stealing passwords to conduct longrunning stealthy espionage campaigns that rely on stealing sensitive data ppTeamViewer is the latest tech company targeted by Russias SVR of late The same group of government hackers compromised Microsofts corporate network earlier this year to steal emails from top executives to learn what was known about the intruding hackers themselves Microsoft said other tech companies were compromised during the ongoing Russian espionage campaign and US cybersecurity agency CISA confirmed federal government emails hosted on Microsofts cloud were also stolenppMonths later Microsoft said it was struggling to eject the hackers from its systems calling the campaign a sustained significant commitment of the Russian governments resources coordination and focusppThe US government also blamed Russias APT29 for the 20192020 espionage campaign targeting US software firm SolarWinds The cyberattack saw the masshacking of US federal government agencies by way of planting a hidden malicious backdoor in SolarWinds flagship software When the tainted software update was pushed out to SolarWinds customers the Russian hackers had access to every network running the compromised software including the Treasury Justice Department and the Department of StateppDo you know more about the TeamViewer cyberattack Get in touch To contact this reporter get in touch on Signal and WhatsApp at 1 6467558849 or by email You also can send files and documents via SecureDropppEvery weekday and Sunday you can get the best of TechCrunchs coverageppStartups are the core of TechCrunch so get our best coverage delivered weeklyppThe latest Fintech news and analysis delivered every TuesdayppTechCrunch Mobility is your destination for transportation news and insightppBy submitting your email you agree to our Terms and Privacy Notice
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