Yesterday, Thursday, several US federal government agencies were subjected to a “global cyberattack”, in which they exploited a security vulnerability in widely used software.
In this regard, Eric Goldstein, the agency’s associate executive director for cybersecurity, said in a statement to CNN, “The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency provides support to many federal agencies that have witnessed cyberattacks affecting vulnerable programs.” Hackers exploited it.”
“We are working urgently to understand the impacts and ensure timely remediation,” the agency official added.
On the other hand, it is still not clear whether the hackers responsible for hacking federal agencies are a Russian-speaking ransomware group.
These cyber-attacks come in conjunction with the “hacking campaign”, which began two weeks ago and targeted major American universities and state governments.
In a related context, it is noteworthy that a Russian-speaking hacking group known as “CLOP” claimed responsibility for some of the hacks, which also affected employees of the “BBC”, British Airways, and the “Shell” oil company, last week.