US government confirms cyber attack on Treasury and Commerce departments by state-backed hackers

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By compromising SolarWinds monitoring software attackers gained unrestricted access to internal email systems of federal agencies

The US government on Sunday confirmed reports that hackers backed by a foreign government were able to breach the computer networks of the US Treasury Department and an agency within the Commerce D...

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