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Russian hackers announce the violation of three antiviruses.

According to AdvIntel (advanced-intel), a group of top-level Russian hackers claims to have breached three antivirus programs.

Fxmsp is a hacking collective that has been operating in various high-level Russian- and English-speaking communities since 2017.
They are known to target corporate and government networks around the world.

In March 2019, Fxmsp stated that they could provide proprietary information stolen from three antivirus companies located in the United States. They have confirmed that they have proprietary source code related to the companies' software development. They are offering to sell it, and access to the network, for over $300 USD. (Sources)

The source codes of three antiviruses are for sale on the Dark Web

A group of hackers would have succeeded in hacking the infrastructures of three American publishers. He recovered 30 TB of confidential data which he is now selling for $300. What if, behind your beautiful antivirus, there was actually a group of pirates hiding? (Sources)

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