Last week they already warned that a network of Russian hackers managed to steal files from at least 47 organizations
Several United States federal agencies have been hacked as part of a global cyber attack perpetrated by a network of hackers who have managed to infiltrate software used by companies around the world to transfer sensitive files.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has indicated this Thursday that it is already working with the affected agencies “to understand the impact” of the attack against the MOVEIt programwhich is used to transfer sensitive files, such as bank account details, CNN has reported.
Last week, both CISA and the FBI issued a warning that CLOPa network of hackers russianswas already behind the failures that the program gave and that it got steal files from at least 47 organizations, asking for payment in exchange for not publishing the data.
However, the federal agency specialized in cyber-espionage has not directly identified CLOP as responsible and it is unknown at the moment who is behind the attack or if it is related to the massive cyber attacks that have occurred in recent weeks, which have affected dozens of businesses and companies around the world, such as British Airways or the BBC.
