Russian hackers use flaw in software update to hit US government agencies
Systems in the treasury and commerce departments and other government agencies attacked
14 December 2020 - 10:12
Washington/San Francisco — US government agencies were hit by a “global intrusion campaign” of cyberattacks that exploited a flaw in the update of a software company, cybersecurity firm FireEye said, which the Washington Post reported was a breach by Russian government hackers.
The attack was made on systems within the US treasury and commerce departments and those of other government agencies in a breach that started months ago, the newspaper reported. They included snooping on e-mails at the treasury department and an arm of the commerce department, Reuters reported...
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