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Shattuck's analysis showed that the first three of these networks

Nov. 9, 2018 by Catherine Pope

Shattuck's analysis showed that the first three of these networks contained a large number of untrusted third-party devices (such as "troubleshooters" and "couriers"). It also revealed that a third-party malicious software used to run the malware on an infected wireless gateway was also running an unsecured network. The researchers even found evidence that the attackers had used code to install malware that took over an infected wireless gateway and had the ability to execute arbitrary code or exploit vulnerabilities across the network.

Shattuck found that despite these security measures, more than a third of those unsecured gateways were running the same malware, but that some of those infected were vulnerable to it. He found that the attackers were running a "troubleshooter" that was very similar to the one used to run the "troubleshooter" on a local wireless router, and was using an "unencrypted" version of the malware.

These findings were confirmed by the security team who found out about the infection—and then by the U.S. government and its partners.

The United States government is currently investigating in-person events between the American companies and the Russian government on the issue of Ukraine's involvement in the conflict in Donbass, and they are working to determine what other attacks were using the devices.

Shattuck says the malware is distributed through an encrypted Tor network that has a unique and powerful encryption algorithm. That means that all of the malware found on the compromised devices is encrypted, which means that no trace of all of the devices in the network is still possible. This means that even though the Russian hackers had taken over the U.S. government's network, the United States would still be able to carry out their own denial of service attacks, which may have compromised any other U.S. or Russian websites on the network.

Shattuck believes that the FBI is also looking into this, and the government has been trying to figure out how to prevent the virus, and who were the original targets of the malware.