Data ‘compromised’ when hackers thought to be Russia-linked criminal gang gained access through security flaw – department
The US Department of Energy and several other government agencies were hit in a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in widely used file-transfer software, officials said this week.
Data was “compromised” at two entities within the energy department when hackers – attributed to a Russia-linked criminal gang – gained access through a security flaw in MoveIt Transfer, the department said in a statement on Thursday.
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