Officials said a hunt was on to determine if other parts of the government had been affected by what looked to be one of the most sophisticated, and perhaps among the largest, attacks on federal systems in the past five years. Several said national security-related agencies were also targeted, though it was not clear whether the systems contained highly classified material.
The Trump administration said little in public about the hack, which suggested that while the government was worried about Russian intervention in the 2020 election, key agencies working for the administration — and unrelated to the election — were actually the subject of a sophisticated attack that they were unaware of until recent weeks.
Many things are taking place:
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BOSTON (AP) — Researchers at a cybersecurity firm say they have identified vulnerabilities in software widely used by millions of connected devices — flaws that could be exploited by hackers to penetrate business and home computer networks and disrupt them.
There is no evidence of any intrusions that made use of these vulnerabilities. But their existence in data-communications software central to internet-connected devices prompted the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to flag the issue in a bulletin.
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WASHINGTON - The Trump administration acknowledged Sunday that several U.S. institutions were hacked on behalf of a foreign government.
Cybersecurity experts believe Russia is likely behind the attack on the U.S. Treasury and Commerce departments in what U.S. media is calling one of the most sophisticated attacks on U.S. government systems in years.
"We have asked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI to investigate, and we cannot comment further at this time," the Commerce Department said in a statement confirming one of its agencies was breached.
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US agencies hacked in monthslong global cyberspying campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hackers broke into the networks of the Treasury and Commerce departments as part of a monthslong global cyberespionage campaign revealed Sunday, just days after the prominent cybersecurity firm FireEye said it had been breached in an attack that industry experts said bore the hallmarks of Russian tradecraft.
In response to what may be a large-scale penetration of U.S. government agencies, the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity arm issued an emergency directive calling on all federal civilian agencies to scour their networks for compromises.
Hacked: Top cybersecurity firm FireEye says 'nation-state' is culprit
If one of the biggest names in cybersecurity can be breached, what chance does an average person stand against hackers?
That's a likely question after high-profile cybersecurity firm FireEye earlier this week said hackers breached its network and stole the toolkit it uses to probe customers' systems to find weaknesses.
Mandia said there is no sign that the hackers have used the stolen tools, nor is there evidence that customer information was stolen, Mandia said. FireEye has developed more than 300 countermeasures against the tools for use by customers and the cybersecurity community.
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U.S. Treasury Department behind security fence. Photo: Andrej Sokolow/picture alliance via Getty Images
The big picture: News of the hack came less than week after cybersecurity company FireEye revealed that nation-state hackers had penetrated its network and stolen its hacking its tools.
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Breaking News: Russian hackers broke into several federal agencies in one of the most sophisticated and perhaps lar… https://t.co/xquJq0rGUw nytimes (from New York City) Sun Dec 13 23:33:48 +0000 2020
It never gets old or any less absurd to recall that Trump wanted to have a joint cyber unit with Putin. https://t.co/P6QVMEUW63 biannagolodryga (from New York) Sun Dec 13 23:36:14 +0000 2020
If the Russia connection is confirmed to the US Treasury & Commerce hack it'll be the most sophisticated known thef… https://t.co/GaPxHAHlsi kylieatwood (from Washington, DC) Mon Dec 14 01:29:57 +0000 2020
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