MOSCOW, June 29 Bloomberg reports with reference to information from an official of the department.
In mid-June, CNN reported that a number of US federal agencies were hacked, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is taking steps to minimize the consequences.
«Attackers gained access to data using a (flaw) MOVEit application,» the agency said in a statement. According to one source, this is a large-scale incident. It is noted that as a result of the attack, at least tens of thousands of documents with personal data of citizens were declassified. At the same time, the department's systems were not affected.
According to the agency, the leadership of the ministry suspects the CLOP group, which is associated with Russian-speaking hackers, of committing the attack. However, no evidence is provided.
According to the official, Congress was notified of the incident on June 27.