'Highly sophisticated' government goons hacked F5, stole source code and undisclosed bug details

Security shop F5 today said "highly sophisticated nation-state" hackers broke into its network and stole BIG-IP source code, undisclosed vulnerability details, and customer configuration data belonging to a "small percentage" of its users.

"The Company is currently reviewing the contents of these files and will communicate with affected customers directly as appropriate," F5 said in a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing.

While F5 didn't name the suspected nation-state in any of its disclosures, the feds and private security researchers have recently accused both Russia and China of breaking into critical networks and stealing sensitive information.

The company said that it discovered the network intruders in early August, and during its investigation determined that they had maintained long-term access to its BIG-IP product development and engineering platforms.

"We are not aware of any undisclosed critical or remote code vulnerabilities, and we are not aware of active exploitation of any ...