FireEye: Research into issues better safetys on the Internet revealed the existence of a ring that extracted company secrets for the purpose of manipulating stock markets.
According to the online security company, FireEye, this circuit had invaded the electronic accounts of more 100 companies, with the majority of them in the pharmaceutical industry.
FireEye declined to name them Companies who fell victim to the scheme while he cannot know exactly how the information was used in financial transactions. "They sought to obtain sensitive information that would give them an advantage in upcoming stock market fluctuations," FireEye executive Jed Winton said.
Their victims vary from small to very large companies. Among the information they acquired through their electronic invasions were merger documents, legal affairs, business development plans, research results, and so on.
Source: kathimerini.gr
