US EditionHackers Accessed 632,000 Email Addresses at US Justice, Defense Departments
- Hackers gained unauthorized access to over 632,000 government employee email addresses, including employees from the Justice and Defense departments. The data breach was characterized as a "major incident" by the Office of Personnel Management.
- The breach occurred through a file transfer program called MOVEit, used by the data firm Westat, which administers employee surveys for OPM. The compromised data was generally of low sensitivity and not classified.
- The cyberattack, believed to be the work of a Russian-speaking criminal group called CLoP, has affected multiple government agencies and private companies, estimated to be in the hundreds.
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Hackers accessed 632,000 email addresses at US Justice, Defense Departments
A Russian-speaking hacking group obtained access to the email addresses of about 632,000 US federal employees at the departments of Defense and Justice as part of the sprawling MOVEit hack last summer, according to a report on the wide-ranging attack obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. Read full story
US: Major Russian cyberattack compromised 632,000 Pentagon, DOJ email addresses
A Russian-speaking criminal group known as CL0P breached the email addresses of 632,000 employees from the U.S. Justice and Defense departments in May, Bloomberg reported on Oct. 30 following a Freedom of Information Act request. The report issued by the Office of Personnel Management says hackers used flaws in the file-transfer system MOVEit to gain access to wide-ranging sensitive information.OPM has classified the May hack as a “major inciden…
Hackers Accessed 632,000 Email Addresses at US Justice, Defense Departments
A Russian-speaking hacking group obtained access to the email addresses of about 632,000 US federal employees at the departments of Defense and Justice as part of the sprawling MOVEit hack last summer, according to a report on the wide-ranging attack obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Hackers Accessed 632,000 Email Addresses at US Justice, Defense Departments
A Russian-speaking hacking group obtained access to the email addresses of about 632,000 US federal employees at the departments of Defense and Justice as part of the sprawling MOVEit hack last summer, according to a report on the wide-ranging attack obtained through a Freedom of Information Act req...
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