Il Dipartimento di Stato Usa è stato colpito da un attacco informatico e il Cyber Command del Dipartimento della Difesa ha notificato una “possibile violazione grave” dei sistemi. Lo riferiscono i media americani, mentre una fonte ha riferito alla Reuters che il Dipartimento di Stato non ha subito interruzioni significative e le sue operazioni non sono state in alcun modo ostacolate. In particolare non avrebbe subito conseguenze l’attività del Dipartimento, impegnato nelle evacuazioni in Afghanistan.
Significativi i tweet di Jacqui Heinrich, White House Correspondent per Fox News:
https://twitter.com/JacquiHeinrich/status/1429275281945239556
Multiple sources tell Fox news it is not clear whether a foreign entity is behind the recent State Department attack, but channels of notifications made to Congress indicate it is possible.
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) August 22, 2021
In March, Microsoft announced an emergency patch for critical vulnerabilities in Exchange Server software — first discovered in early January targeting US policy think tanks and industrial base entities, and attributed to the Chinese state-sponsored hacking group HAFNIUM.
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) August 22, 2021
Days before the patch was issued, a number of other actors piggybacked on the initial breach – affecting tens of thousands of organizations around the world.
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) August 22, 2021
Members of congress want more detail on the recent State Department breach. @senrobportman tells Fox, “I’m concerned by reports of a breach at the State Department. As our bipartisan report earlier this month showed, there is a sustained failure to address cybersecurity…
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) August 22, 2021
Congressman @tedlieu (D-CA) also responded to news of the incident on Twitter, writing “If the hack below is true, it’s another reason why the Senate should pass our bipartisan bill to improve cyber security at @StateDept.”
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) August 22, 2021
“Few places in government face as many threats from spies and foreign adversaries than the State Department,” Lieu wrote.
— Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) August 22, 2021
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