Cybersecuritydive SonicWall Blames State Actor for Customer Data Breach
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SonicWall reported that a state-sponsored threat actor conducted a brute-force attack on its MySonicWall cloud backup service, compromising firewall configuration files of all affected customers. An investigation by Mandiant confirmed the involvement of a state actor, although specific details about the nation or group were not disclosed. SonicWall has initiated security reforms in response to the incident.
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