Russia suspected behind hacking of US agencies in global cyber-spying campaign
The Kremlin in Moscow, September 29, 2017. (Ivan Sekretarev/AP) WASHINGTON (AP) — US government agencies were ordered to scour their networks for malware and disconnect potentially compromised servers after authorities learned that the Treasury and Commerce departments were hacked in a months-long global cyber-espionage campaign discovered when a prominent cybersecurity firm learned it had been breached. In a rare emergency directive issued late Sunday, the Department of Homeland Security’s cybersecurity arm warned of an “unacceptable risk” to the executive branch from a feared large-...
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