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Symantec: Hacking Group Black Vine Behind Anthem Breach

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

itwbennett writes: Symantec said in a report that the hacking group Black Vine, which has been active since 2012 and has gone after other businesses that deal with sensitive and critical data, including organizations in the aerospace, technology and finance industries, is behind the hack against Anthem. The Black Vine malware Mivast was used in the Anthem breach, according to Symantec.

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  1. Narrow fingers of blame? by bbsguru · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Interesting that we seem to be overlooking the 'rest of the story':
    That the United, Anthem, and OPM breaches are ALL blamed on the same actors.
    So we now have a cool name ('Black Vine') to supplant "Chinese State Sponsored Hackers".
    I suppose that will make it easier to report without offending our good friend China, right?