The United States Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA, for its acronym in English) detected cyber threats to different federal agencies. According to various portals, the attack comes from Russian cyber criminalswho exploit a vulnerability in a widely used program.
It was indicated that various companies and organizations in the United States could be affected by the hack. Different portals indicated that the operation ransomwareeither data hijackingwas made by Clop, a Russian gang found a vulnerability in the software MOVEit and attacked various governments, universities and corporations, although it is not specified which ones in particular. However, according to CNN, the Department of Energy is one of the compromised agencies.
Others affected, according to The New York Times, were the John Hopkins University, the Georgia University System, and the Shell Gas Company. According to the outlet, other agencies that use the MOVEit program, to which they found the vulnerability, include NASA, the Treasury Department, the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as the Department of Defense.
According to US media, the clop group They have no interest in exploiting any stolen data and only focus on the stolen information.