The software startup TeamViewer announced on Wednesday that it had found anomalies and was looking into the possibility of an internal corporate IT infrastructure breach.
The company, in a statement on Friday, claimed that APT29 (and Midnight Blizzard), government-backed hackers for Russian intelligence, were responsible for the attack.
TeamViewer is a self-acclaimed popular remote access software that enables users to remotely control and utilise a computer as if they were sitting in front of it.
The company claims that its product is being utilised by over 640,000 customers globally and has been installed on over 2.5 billion devices since its inception.
“There is no evidence to suggest that the product environment or customer data is affected. Investigations are ongoing and our primary focus remains to ensure the integrity of our systems,” the company’s statement said, adding that it plans to provide more updates as the investigation continues.
The Germany-based company said its investigation so far points to an initial intrusion on June 26 “tied to credentials of a standard employee account within our corporate IT environment.”
Newsng gathered that for an extended period, APT29 has been linked by security researchers and the U.S. government to hackers employed by Russia’s SVR foreign intelligence agency.
APT29 is well-known for using straightforward yet potent hacking methods, such as password theft, to carry out protracted covert espionage operations that depend on obtaining private information.
In light of new facts, the company said it will keep the public informed about the incident and will be open about its plans to be transparent.
We earlier reported that the US Congress grilled Microsoft President, Brad Smith, on the company’s ties in China amidst growing attacks on American infrastructure and multiple breaches by hackers linked to China.