US govt: China-sponsored hackers targeting Exchange, Citrix, F5 flaws

Today, the US government issued an advisory on China-sponsored hackers attacking government agencies through vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange, Citrix, Pulse, and F5 devices and servers. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is an independent federal agency that protects against and coordinates responses to threats from private and state-sponsored hackers targeting United States interests. In a new advisory today, CISA and the FBI warn that Chinese MSS-affiliated hackers are attacking US government agencies and private companies by exploiting vulnerabilities in publicly exposed edge systems. “According to a recent U.S. Department of Justice indictment, MSS-affiliated actors have targeted various industries…