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Large-scale hack sends US government agencies scrambling to secure data By Ben Fox and Frank Bajak Published  (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. government agencies and private companies rushed Monday to secure their computer networks following the disclosure of a sophisticated and long-running cyber-espionage intrusion that experts said almost certainly was carried out by a foreign state. It was not yet clear who was responsible for the intrusion, though it was reportedly conducted by Russia, and the extent of the damage is not yet known. The potential threat wa...

US government agencies attacked by hackers in software update The company -- Austin, Texas-based SolarWinds Corp. -- issued a statement appearing to confirm that the software update system for one of its products had been used to send malware to customers. December 14, 2020 9:46:34 am The attacks included snooping on emails at the U.S. Treasury Department and an arm of the Commerce Department (Representational Image) U.S. government agencies were hit by a widespread campaign of cyber-attacks by hackers who were suspected of exploiting a flaw in the update o...

Hackers got into computers at the US Treasury Department and possibly other federal agencies, touching off a government response involving the National Security Council. — AP Hackers broke into the networks of the Treasury and Commerce Departments as part of a months long 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 US government agencies, the Department of Homeland Secu...

Trump says he’s nixing plan for early vaccine at White House By Zeke Miller Associated Press,Updated December 14, 2020, 12:06 a.m. Email to a Friend Sun shines on the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020.Patrick Semansky/Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was reversing an administration directive to vaccinate top government officials against COVID-19, while public distribution of the shot is limited to front-line health workers and people in nursing homes and long-term care facilities. Trump made the announcement hours after his...

  >>  Reuters Published: 14 Dec 2020 08:20 AM BdST Updated: 14 Dec 2020 08:20 AM BdST A hooded man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS Hackers believed to be working for Russia have been monitoring internal email traffic at the US Treasury and Commerce departments, according to people familiar with the matter, adding they feared the hacks uncovered so far may be the tip of the iceberg. "); } The hack is so serious it led to a National Security Council meeting at the White House on Saturday, said one of the...