Why the F5 Hack Created an 'Imminent Threat' for Thousands of Networks

Why the F5 Hack Created an'Imminent Threat' for Thousands of Networks Networking software company F5 disclosed a long-term breach of its systems this week. The fallout could be severe. Thousands of networks--many of them operated by the US government and Fortune 500 companies--face an "imminent threat" of being breached by a nation-state hacking group following the breach of a major maker of software, the federal government warned on Wednesday. F5, a Seattle-based maker of networking software, disclosed the breach on Wednesday. F5 said a "sophisticated" threat group working for an undisclosed nation-state government had surreptitiously and persistently dwelled in its network over a "long term."