Cyber ring stole secrets for gaming US stock market: FireEye


SOPHISTICATED ATTACK: Cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc says it has uncovered a cyberespionage ring focused on stealing corporate secrets for the purpose of gaming the stock market.

BOSTON: Security researchers say they have uncovered a cyberespionage ring focused on stealing corporate secrets for the purpose of gaming the stock market, in an operation that has compromised sensitive data about dozens of publicly held companies. 

Cybersecurity firm FireEye Inc, which disclosed the operation on Monday, said that since the middle of last year, the group has attacked email accounts at more than 100 firms, most of them pharmaceutical and healthcare companies. 

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