IT security company Kaspersky has revealed that its systems have been breached by what it has described as an extremely sophisticated and likely state-sponsored attack.
While attacks on governments and businesses are common, a succesful attack on a security company is very rare. The attack used three previously unknown vulnerabilities - so-called zero day attacks - to penetrate its systems, and left very few traces. Eugene Kaspersky, the company's CEO described the attack as "almost invisible" and said the software was so sophisticated it could have cost $10m "maybe more" to build it and support it.
