Washington – Homeland Security Headquarters Department, its several component agencies and the Department of Health and Human Services have been hacked as part of one. Wide violation of Microsoft’s Sharepoint ServiceAccording to many US officials.
Microsoft confirmed that its software was targeted by Chinese actors, who deployed ransomware on file sharing and storage platforms.
“Microsoft has seen two designated Chinese nation-state actors, Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon, targeting the internet-sharepoint server,” the company has written, “the company has written. blog post Earlier this week. Guo Jiakun, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman, Said On Tuesday, he “not familiar with the nuances of cyber attack” and Chinese convicts allegations.
Two sources told CBS News that the sharepoint defense was unavailable for users at the Intelligence Agency on Tuesday for several hours.
The National Institute of Health was also affected by violations. NIH conducts biomedical research and studies infectious diseases.
A White House official said the White House “is closely monitoring the situation,” and the government “worked very quickly to identify and reduce this hack very quickly.”
“We are working with all agencies to reduce the weaknesses and reduce the effect,” the official said.
DHS spokesman Trisia McLaglin said that the cyber security and infrastructure security agency “when the vulnerability was detected last Friday, started a national coordinated response through an initial warning and two cyber security updates.
“CISA is working around the clock with Microsoft, affected agencies, and important infrastructure partners, sharing actionable information, implementing mitigation efforts, implementing protective measures and assessing preventive measures to mold out of future attacks,” McLaghalin said, “There is no evidence of data exfliations at this time.”
Microsoft is A software update released To patch vulnerability.
In April, President Trump fired the head of the National Security Agency and the head of the cyber command Timothy Hog.
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