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The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said several federal bodies had experienced intrusions following the discovery of a weakness in the file transfer software MOVEit, Eric Goldstein, the agency's executive assistant director for cybersecurity, said in a statement. CISA did not identify the agencies that were hit or say exactly how they had been affected.

Several U.S. agencies have been hacked as part of a broader cyberattack that has hit dozens of companies and organizations in recent weeks through a previously unknown vulnerability in popular file sharing software.

The agency was working to fully figure out the attack’s impact and coordinating with other agencies to ensure a remediation, Easterly said.

The agency was working to fully figure out the attack's impact and coordinating with other agencies to ensure a remediation, Easterly said.

A number of U.S. government agencies have fallen victim to a global cyberattack that exploited a software vulnerability, according to a report by CNN.

The U.S. government has been hit in a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in widely used software but does not expect it to have a significant impact.

Multiple U.S. federal agencies were the target of a global cyberattack that exploits software vulnerability, CNN reported Thursday. Eric Goldstein, the executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), said in a statement to CNN that his agency is “providing support to several federal agencies that have experienced intrusions” following…

“Several” government agencies fell victim to attackers exploiting a vulnerability in the MOVEit Transfer file transfer application that has plagued the cybersecurity community since its disclosure.

Vulnerability in a popular software tool thats used to transfer files easily, and so it seems to be that would be the prime suspect in this case. earlier today, andrea mitchell spoke to the head of the civilian cyber security agency, jen easterly, and heres what she had to say. >> were tracking it as a criminal group. many of these criminal groups are located in places like eastern europe. >> right. and could they be russian or state action behind it? >> its unknown at this time. right now were ...

It's yet unclear which agencies were affected or how many.