The SANS Institute, which trains cybersecurity professionals around the world, was hacked, resulting in the compromise of 28,000 records of personally identifiable information, the organization said Tuesday. The Maryland-based research and educational outfit said the breach was the result of a single phishing email sent to a SANS employee, which led to more than 500 of the organization’s emails being forwarded. The breached data included names, email addresses, and physical addresses — information submitted by attendees of a recent SANS virtual training event. After discovering the breach on Aug. 6, SANS said it “quickly stopped any further release of information” from the compromised email account, which was forwarding the data to an “unknown external email address.” The institute did not identify who was responsible for the hack. “We are investigating this incident with the support of some of the world’s top forensic experts to be certain that we understand the complete […]
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