7 Key Lessons for CISOs from the 1996-1998 Moonlight Maze Cyber Attacks on the U.S. Government
The late 1990s marked a turning point in the history of cybersecurity, with one of the first widely known cyber espionage campaigns, Moonlight Maze, exposing critical vulnerabilities in government networks. Active between 1996 and 1998, the attack infiltrated multiple U.S. agencies, including NASA, the Pentagon, the Department of Energy (DOE), and several military contractors. The…