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BIZARRE: Us government agencies hit in global hacking spree - You Need To See This

The global hacking campaign exploited a vulnerability in a widely used software [File: Illustration/Dado Ruvic/Reuters]

Several US government agencies have been hit in a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in a widely used software, the United States cyber-watchdog agency said Thursday.

The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said several federal agencies had experienced intrusions following the discovery of a weakness in the file transfer software MOVEit, Eric Goldstein, the agency’s executive assistant director for cybersecurity, said in a statement.

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