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DHS reports cyberattack on government websites

By Katelyn Caralle
Published January 23, 2019 4:50am ET
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DHS reports cyberattack on government websites
"I think the bigger issue is that we're having a national cyber exercise without a national cyber incident response plan," said one industry source.

The Department of Homeland Security warned of a recent cyberattack directed at the agency in an “emergency directive” issued Tuesday.

“[A]ttackers have redirected and intercepted web and mail traffic, and could do so for other networked services,” according to the directive.

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