Hackers are also ‘impacting’ state and local governments. US cybersecurity agency says

Hackers are also ‘impacting’ state and local governments. US cybersecurity agency says

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The top US cybersecurity agency said a broad campaign that gave hackers access to networks at various federal agencies is also “impacting” state and local governments.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in a statement posted on its website that the intrusion, which targeted the software of the American technology company SolarWinds to infiltrate government systems, was “impacting corporate networks in federal, state and local governments. also as critical infrastructure entities and other private sector organizations. ”

CISA did not identify specific governments or agencies, but urged them to take precautions.

“This threat actor has the resources, patience and experience to gain access and privileges to highly confidential information if not verified. CISA calls on organizations to prioritize measures to identify and deal with this threat, ”he said.

The statement comes at a time when the federal government is fighting the consequences of the hack, which the authorities attribute to Russia. The Treasury, Trade and Energy departments were just a few of the agencies breached, and experts warned that it could take months to discover the full extent of the intrusion.

The scope of the campaign has prompted some lawmakers to call for some form of retaliation against Russia and an overview of America’s cyber capabilities. President TrumpDonald TrumpMcCarthy offers UC request to revisit foreign spending on Senator GOP omnibus over Trump forgives: “This is rotten to the end” Trump forgives Manafort, Stone and Charles Kushner in the last round MORE, however, downplayed the attack and contradicted its officials by suggesting that China may be to blame for its only public comments on the hacking so far.

“Cyber ​​Hack is much bigger on Fake News Media than it is in reality. I was fully informed and everything is well under control. Russia, Russia, Russia is the priority corner when something happens because Lamestream is, mainly for financial reasons, petrified of discussing the possibility that it could be China (it can!) ”, Trump tweeted over the weekend.

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