Foreign nation-state cyber adversaries are tenacious. Their attacks are evolving to get around the industry’s most sophisticated defenses. Last year was exploitation of routers, and this year’s theme has been compromise of edge protection devices.

MITRE, a company that strives to maintain the highest cybersecurity possible, is not immune.

Despite our commitment to safeguarding our digital assets, we’ve experienced a breach that underscores the nature of modern threats. In this blog post, we provide an initial account of the incident, outlining the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) employed by the adversaries, as well as some of our ongoing incident response efforts and recommendations for future steps to fortify your defenses.