The attack reached various agencies of the US federal government, which exploited a vulnerability in widely used software.
Various agencies of the federal government of USA were affected by a global cyber attack that takes advantage of a vulnerability in widely used software, as reported on Thursday by the CNN.
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is providing support to federal agencies exploited by hackers, he said. Eric Goldstein, the agency’s deputy executive director for cybersecurity. Neither the name of the affected software nor the details of the alleged vulnerability have yet been identified.
Vulnerabilities in popular software products have caused breaches in a wide variety of organizations around the world. Recently, a weak point in the MOVEit transfer software compromised the data of organizations such as the BBC, Boots and British Airways. It is not clear if these attacks have anything to do with the leak that is currently taking place.
He Cl0p online extortion gang, which has claimed responsibility for the MOVEit hack, previously stated that it would not exploit any data obtained from public bodies. “If you are a government, a city or a police service, don’t worry, we have deleted all your data,” they said in a statement on his website.
This occurs after a couple of weeks ago the Government, together with the technology company Microsoftwill report a cyberattack by a group sponsored by China’s regime.
On that occasion, the hackers attacked with the mission of establishing the technical bases for a possible communications disruption with Asia during future crises, Microsoft said. The targets included facilities on Guam, where the United States has a significant military presence, the company said.
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