When the Democratic National Committee discovered in April that its computer networks had been hacked, leaders there did not just alert government intelligence. They called CrowdStrike, a five-year-old cybersecurity firm that makes millions from mercenary work sold with a promise: “We Stop Breaches.”
The contractor last month revealed what it had found: Two Russian intelligence groups, code-named Cozy Bear and Fancy Bear, had spearheaded competing hacks over the last year using a barrage of malicious “implants” and “backdoors.” CrowdStrike’s experts knew the hackers well: They’d also recently infiltrated the White House, State Department and Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Their weapon of choice: The cybersecurity equivalent of “a neighborhood watch program on steroids,” said CrowdStrike co-founder George Kurtz. That same offering has helped them turn their young business into a juggernaut, with sales of $100 million this year.
“Our clients now include the crème de la crème of companies,” said Kurtz, a former chief technology officer of anti-virus giant McAfee. “From a growth perspective, it’s just been explosive.” For the full article click here
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