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Global Hack Exposes Millions of Americans’ Personal Data

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Global Hack Exposes Millions of Americans’ Personal Data

Global Hack Exposes Millions of Americans’ Personal Data

Global Hack Exposes , Millions of Americans’ Personal Data.

Over 3 million people in both Louisiana and Oregon have been affected by a global cyberattack that has also infiltrated the U.S. government.

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It is likely that their Social Security and driver's license numbers have been exposed.

Russian cybercriminals are suspected to be behind the attack, CNN reports.

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They are allegedly known as Clop and typically demand multimillion dollar ransoms, though no demands have been made yet.

Hundreds of organizations, including the Department of Energy, the BBC and British Airways have had their data exposed.

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Hundreds of organizations, including the Department of Energy, the BBC and British Airways have had their data exposed.

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Hundreds of organizations, including the Department of Energy, the BBC and British Airways have had their data exposed.

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Eric Goldstein, executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), issued a statement.

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CISA is providing support to several federal agencies that have experienced intrusions affecting their MOVEit applications, Eric Goldstein, executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, via statement.

We are working urgently to understand impacts and ensure timely remediation, Eric Goldstein, executive assistant director for cybersecurity at the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, via statement.

Progress Software, the maker of the hacked software, said another vulnerability "that could be exploited by a bad actor" had been discovered, CNN reports.

We have communicated with customers on the steps they need to take to further secure their environments and we have also taken MOVEit Cloud offline as we urgently work to patch the issue, Progress Software, via statement


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