Monday, March 21, 2011

EMC’s Security Division Hacked (EMC)

From Zacks:
A leading provider of data storage and security solutions, EMC Corp. (EMC - Analyst Report) reported in a recent 8K filing that its security division RSA had witnessed a sophisticated cyber attack that compromised a widely-used technology for preventing unauthorized access to key corporate/government data.

EMC said in the filing that RSA did not offer any clues about the suspected origin of the attack. EMC also said that the infiltrators hacked confidential data on RSA's SecurID products, but declined to comment on the type or the quantity of information stolen....MORE