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Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images Hackers linked to the Chinese government have successfully infiltrated US government systems across "many sectors," according to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI. The hackers are taking advantage of publicly available code and exploits that have already been publicized in order to hack into US entities. The report suggests that, after vulnerabilities are discovered and publicized by US defenders, hackers are often able to exploit the vulnerabilities before government agencies patch them. CISA did not specify which agencies were compromised or how many records were potentially stolen, but says that hackers were...
