'Highly sophisticated' government goons hacked F5

Potentially ‘Catastrophic’ Breach of Cyber Firm Blamed on China

A potentially “catastrophic” breach of a major US-based cybersecurity provider has been blamed on state-backed hackers from China, according to people familiar with the matter.

'Highly sophisticated' government goons hacked F5

: And they swiped a limited amount of customers' config data

Nation-state hackers breached sensitive F5 systems, stole customer data

The federal government is scrambling to determine if any agencies have been hacked.

F5 Breach: Nation-State Hackers Steal BIG-IP Source Code

Cybersecurity firm F5 confirmed that nation-state hackers breached its internal systems, stealing undisclosed vulnerabilities and portions of source code for its flagship BIG-IP product.  The company discovered the intrusion on Aug. 9, 2025, prompting an immediate internal investigation and system lockdown. “We have confirmed that the threat actor exfiltrated files from our BIG-IP product development environment and engineering knowledge managem…

Big networking software hack seemingly backed by China poses a 'significant cyber threat targeting federal networks'

The exfiltrated data relates to networking software used by big companies and government organisations.