Hackers breach UK Foreign Office systems with stolen logins

Russian hackers are suspected of gaining access to Foreign Office and council systems using stolen logins.

The cybercriminals breached security firewalls provided by Fortinet, a cyber security company, in an attack nicknamed FortiBleed by researchers. The hackers gained access by reusing old leaked passwords that had not been changed, which gave them access to compromised networks.

About 80,000 firewall accounts were breached, including for Foreign Office staff in Mauritius and Thailand and workers at Derbyshire and Waltham Forest councils.

Read more at The Times