![]() ![]() government agencies, which gave Russia the ability to infect or potentially spy on 16,000 computer systems worldwide. SolarWinds is shorthand for one of the most damaging hacks of U.S. “Although we are very concerned about this campaign and working on it with urgency, this is not a campaign like SolarWinds that presents a systemic risk to our national security or our nation’s networks.” government agencies,” Easterly said, referring to a ransomware gang. “In addition, we are not aware of CL0P actors threatening to extort or release any data stolen from U.S. US 'working urgently' to assess the damageĬISA Director Jen Easterly said that based on discussions CISA has had with industry partners in the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC), the intrusions are not being leveraged “to steal specific high value information-in sum, as we understand it, this attack is largely an opportunistic one.” It was not immediately clear, CNN reported, if the hackers responsible for breaching the federal agencies were a Russian-speaking ransomware group that has claimed credit for other victims in the hacking campaign. More: Hackers beware: Justice Department doubles down on efforts to thwart global cybercrime “We are working urgently to understand impacts and ensure timely remediation.” Goldstein said the intrusions affected the agency's MOVEit file transfer software, which encrypts files and uses secure File Transfer Protocols (FTPs), automation and analysis to transfer large volumes of data. The cyberattacks were first reported by CNN. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, known as CISA, is providing support to the agencies "that have experienced intrusions," Eric Goldstein, CISA's executive assistant director for cybersecurity said in a release. ![]() Energy Department and other federal agencies were hit by a worldwide hacking campaign that appears to be part of a widespread and coordinated effort to exploit a vulnerability in widely used software. Watch Video: US blames China for Microsoft Exchange cyber hack ![]()
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