WASHINGTON: US intelligence agencies have warned a “significant” cyber attack on several federal departments uncovered over the weekend remains ongoing as the government rushes to assess the extent of the breach.
“This is a developing situation, and while we continue to work to understand the full extent of this campaign, we know this compromise has affected networks within the federal government,” the FBI, the director of national intelligence and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in a joint statement late Wednesday.
The March attack on software created by Texas-based IT company SolarWinds — in which hackers installed malware –…
