Cybersecurity attacks, there’s a degree of inevitability

 When it comes to cybersecurity attacks, there’s a degree of inevitability in the air, despite everyone’s best attempts to protect themselves – particularly when a motivated and sophisticated nation-state poses a threat.

“There’s a saying in the industry that there are only two types of companies – those that have been breached and those that don’t know they’ve been breached,” Gorge said. “Everybody has security incidents. How they deal with the breach will decide whether the public trusts them or not.”

Ilia Sotnikov, vice president of product management at cybersecurity software provider Netwrix, said companies' cybersecurity teams should "immediately take advantage of countermeasures offered by FireEye" and be on the alert for additional security updates.

"This attack is another evidence that a motivated hacker will be able to compromise any organization, no matter how well it is protected,” Sotnikov said. “Our new normal right now is to be open about a data breach and own the message as computer engineer salary did."