Criminals steal hacking tools from security firm FireEye

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FireEye's CEO says no valuable data was stolen, but there are unanswered questions about the purpose behind the attack

US cyber security firm FireEye has fallen victim to a cyber attack, possibly from a state-sponsored threat group, which led to the theft of some of the company's internal hacking tools. In a blo...

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