Password spraying fingered in Citrix breach

Doug Woodburn
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Virtualisation vendor admits hackers may have gained access to internal business documents by using technique that exploits weak passwords

Citrix has admitted that hackers may have accessed and downloaded internal business documents after possibly using password spraying tactics to gain access to its network. The virtualisation gia...

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