{"id":23283,"date":"2023-06-16T00:52:16","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T04:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/uncategorized\/us-energy-department-other-agencies-hit-in-global-hacking-spree\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T00:52:17","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T04:52:17","slug":"us-energy-department-other-agencies-hit-in-global-hacking-spree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=23283","title":{"rendered":"US energy department, other agencies hit in global hacking spree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"imgCarousel\" class=\"imgCarousel\">\n<p><span class=\"text\">\u00a9 Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. REUTERS\/Kacper Pempel\/File Photo<\/span><br \/>\n<i class=\"imgGrad\"><\/i>\n<\/div>\n<p>By Zeba Siddiqui and Raphael Satter<\/p>\n<p>(Reuters) &#8211; The U.S. Department of Energy and several other federal agencies were hit in a global hacking campaign that exploited a vulnerability in widely used file-transfer software, officials said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Data was &#8220;compromised&#8221; at two entities within the energy department when hackers gained access through a security flaw in MOVEit Transfer, the department said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>A DOE official said those entities were the DOE contractor Oak Ridge Associated Universities, and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant &#8211; the New Mexico-based facility for disposal of defense-related nuclear waste. <\/p>\n<p>British energy giant Shell (LON:), the University System of Georgia, the Johns Hopkins University and the Johns Hopkins Health System were also hit, all three groups said in separate statements. The latter is a nonprofit that collaborates with the university and runs six hospitals and primary care centers. <\/p>\n<p>The new victims add to a growing list of entities in the U.S., Britain and other countries whose systems were infiltrated through the MOVEit Transfer software. The hackers took advantage of a security flaw that its maker, <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Corporation\"><span itemprop=\"name\"> Progress Software <\/span><\/span> (NASDAQ:), discovered late last month. <\/p>\n<p>The Russia-linked extortion group Cl0p, which has claimed credit for the MOVEit hack, earlier said in a statement that it would not exploit any data taken from government agencies, and that it had erased all such data. It did not immediately respond to a request for further comment. <\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Cybsecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said it was helping several federal agencies that had been breached, but did not name them. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At this time, we are not tracking any significant impacts to the federal civilian executive branch (.gov) enterprise but are continuing to work with our partners on this issue,&#8221; the agency said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>The energy department, which manages U.S. nuclear infrastructure and energy policy, said it had notified Congress of the breach and is participating in investigations with law enforcement and CISA.<\/p>\n<p>A Shell spokesperson said there was no evidence of impact to Shell\u2019s core IT systems from the MOVEit Transfer-related breach. &#8220;There are around 50 users of the tool, and we are urgently investigating what data may have been impacted,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>Johns Hopkins also said it was &#8220;investigating a recent cybersecurity attack targeting a widely used software tool that affected our networks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The University System of Georgia, which groups about 26 public colleges, said it was &#8220;evaluating the scope and severity of this potential data exposure&#8221; from the MOVEit hack. <\/p>\n<p>Large organizations including the UK&#8217;s telecom regulator, British Airways, the BBC and drugstore chain Boots emerged as victims last week.<\/p>\n<p>CISA did not immediately respond to requests seeking further comment. The FBI and National Security Agency also did not immediately respond to emails seeking details on the breaches.<\/p>\n<p>A MOVEit spokesperson said the company had &#8220;engaged with federal law enforcement&#8221; and was working with customers to help them apply fixes to their systems. <\/p>\n<p>Progress Software&#8217;s shares ended down 6.1% on Thursday. The company disclosed another &#8220;critical vulnerability&#8221; it found in MOVEit Transfer on Thursday, although it was not clear whether it had been exploited by hackers.<\/p>\n<p>MOVEit Transfer is a popular tool used by organizations to share sensitive information with partners or customers. It could be used by a bank&#8217;s customers, for instance, to upload their financial data for loan applications, said John Hammond, a security researcher at Huntress.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a whole lot of potential for what an adversary might be able to get into,&#8221; he said earlier this month. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.investing.com\/news\/world-news\/us-government-agencies-hit-in-global-cyber-attack-cnn-3106467\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. 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