Top Story: Foreign hackers had ‘a master key’ to government systems for 3 years

When set up properly, modern computer networks are actually very hard to hack. That’s why hackers have learned to avoid the direct approach, such as guessing passwords, and come at the problem from another direction.

One way they like to attack is by using phishing scams to trick critical information out of employees who use the network, or to get them to download viruses. With a well-crafted phishing attack, a hacker can get full access to anything they want. However, there’s another way around network defenses, and that’s creating a backdoor in the network hardware itself. For the full article click here 

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