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Apr 24 2026 Governments on high alert after CISA snuffs out Firestarter backdoor on fed network

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Latest in long-running pwning of Cisco kit found in mystery Fed agency A US federal agency was successfully targeted by a previously unknown backdoor malware called Firestarter, according to CISA cybersnoops and their UK counterparts – neither of which disclosed the agency's name.... [...]

Posted by Connor Jones on Fri 24 April 2026 in The Register.

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