Suspected Russian hackers who broke into US government agencies also spied on less high-profile organisations, including groups in Britain, a US internet provider and a county government in Arizona, according to web records and a security source.
More details were revealed on Friday of the cyber espionage campaign that has computer network security teams worldwide scrambling to limit the damage as the outgoing administration of US President Donald Trump offered little information.
In Britain, a small number of organizations were compromised and not in the public sector, a security source said.
Shares in cyber security companies FireEye Inc, Palo Alto Networks and Crowdstrike Holdings rose on Friday as investors bet that the spate of disclosures from Microsoft Corp and others would boost demand for security technology.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration offered lawmakers few details about the recent hacking campaign against the U.S. Government, several members of Congress said on Friday following a classified briefing on the intrusion and calling for an in-person meeting.
U.S. Representative Stephen Lynch, the head of the House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Reform panel s national security subcommittee, said the information provided was very disappointing and that it appeared U.S. cybersecurity experts don t have a real sense yet in terms of the breadth of the intrusion itself.