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Foreign hack of US government bigger than previously known, CISA warns

By Jerry Dunleavy
Published December 17, 2020 7:49pm ET
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Foreign hack of US government bigger than previously known, CISA warns
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency revealed on Thursday that the massive global hacking campaign conducted by foreign actors is even larger than originally reported. The cyber actors gained secretive backdoor access in more ways than just through the publicly known SolarWinds software update being corrupted. “One of the initial access vectors for this activity […]

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency revealed on Thursday that the massive global hacking campaign conducted by foreign actors is even larger than originally reported.

The cyber actors gained secretive backdoor access in more ways than just through the publicly known SolarWinds software update being corrupted.

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