Must Read: How Russian Hackers Stole the Nasdaq – Businessweek

The report describes a 2010 intrusion into Nasdaq-related systems allegedly linked to Russian government/FSB actors: attackers used a third-party building-management website laced with the Blackhole exploit kit and two zero-day vulnerabilities to deploy malware resembling FSB data-theft/offensive tools, infecting systems that stored proprietary technology rather than core trading infrastructure; investigators concluded the operation was sophisticated and likely state-affiliated, though multiple other intrusions complicated attribution and motive.