Washington is taking seriously the suggestion that a massive cyberattack targeting federal departments may have been orchestrated by a foreign government.
NEW YORK: The US Department of Homeland Security was the third federal department to be targeted in a major cyberattack, US media reported Monday, a day after Washington revealed the hack which may have been coordinated by a foreign government.
The Washington Post cited unnamed officials who said that the DHS — which is in charge of protecting the country from attacks both online and off — had been added to a growing list of targets in the attack, including the Treasury and Commerce departments.
A statement from DHS Monday did not confirm the report, saying only that it was “aware of cyber breaches across the federal government and working closely…
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