RSA hit by cyber attack

RSA suffered “an extremely sophisticated cyber attack” on its SecurID products, used by more than 25,000 customers world-wide to protect access to private data.

March 24, 2011

RSA suffered “an extremely sophisticated cyber attack” on its SecurID products, used by more than 25,000 customers world-wide to protect access to private data.

RSA, a subsidiary of EMC Corp., said it is confident the information extracted won’t enable a successful direct attack on any of its customers; however, the information could reduce the effectiveness of the SecurID’s authentication process “as part of a broader attack.”

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