2023-06-15 22:45:00
Global cyberattack hits multiple US government agencies
2023.06.16 Fri posted at 07:45 JST
（ＣＮＮ） The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said Monday that “several” government agencies were hit by a global cyberattack that exploited vulnerabilities in widely used software. announced that he had
A senior CISA official, Eric Goldstein, said in a statement that the application in question was “MOVEit.” He revealed that multiple government agencies had confirmed intrusions, and he said he was “urgently working to understand the extent of the damage and make timely remediation.”
It’s unclear at this time if the hackers who broke into the government agency are the Russian-speaking group of hackers who have claimed to have carried out other hacks.
The hacking of government agencies follows a widespread hacking incident that began two weeks ago. In the United States, major universities and state governments were attacked. The pressure is on officials who have promised to stop the ransomware attacks that have put schools, hospitals and local governments in jeopardy.
The Russian-speaking hacker group known as CLOP last week claimed to have carried out attacks that affected employees of the BBC, British Airways, Shell and the governments of Minnesota and Illinois. .
CLOP was the first to exploit the software vulnerability, but experts say other groups may have gained access to the software code needed for the attack.
CLOP instructed the affected organizations to contact the ransom payment by the 14th. It then began listing the names of other groups and other alleged hack victims on its dark web site. As of Monday morning, there was no name for the US government agency.
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