US Treasury and commerce department targeted in cyber-attack | BBC - 0 views
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US federal agencies have been hacked in a way that may have let a foreign power monitor government communications.
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And all federal civilian agencies have been told to disconnect from SolarWinds Orion, a computer network tool being exploited by "malicious actors".FireEye, a company that provides US government cyber-security, says it identified the problem after its own hacking tools were stolen last week.
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SolarWinds said its 300,000 global customers included all five branches of the US military, the Pentagon, the State Department and the Office of the President of the United States - and all users of its Orion platform should upgrade immediately to address a "security vulnerability".
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