US cyber-attack 'genuinely impacted' 50 firms
news US cyber-attack 'genuinely impacted' 50 firms © EPA Hackers accessed major organisations by compromising software developed by Texas IT firm SolarWinds The cyber-security firm that identified the large-scale hacking of US government agencies says it "genuinely impacted" around 50 organisations. Kevin Mandia, CEO of FireEye, said that while some 18,000 organisations had the malicious code in their networks, it was the 50 who suffered major breaches. The US Treasury and departments of homeland security, state and defence are known to have been targeted. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo...