Chinese hackers exploit SolarWinds to spy on US payroll agency

Chinese hackers exploit SolarWinds to spy on US payroll agency By – February 3, 2021 7:14 AM WASHINGTON: Suspected Chinese hackers exploited a flaw in software made by SolarWinds Corp to help break into US government computers last year, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters, marking a new twist in a sprawling cybersecurity breach that US lawmakers have labelled a national security emergency. Two people briefed on the case said FBI investigators recently found that the National Finance Center, a federal payroll agency inside the US Department of Agriculture, was among the affected organisations, raising fears that data…